2 injured in head-on collision just outside of Cornelia

Emergency personnel responded to a head-on collision on Old Athens Highway at Commerce Parkway near MHM Family Gym on September 27, 2023. Two people in this Dodge Charger were injured. (Rob Moore/Habersham County)

The Georgia State Patrol has released the names of those involved in a head-on collision near Cornelia on Wednesday. The wreck sent two people to the hospital. Three young children escaped the crash unharmed.

Around 2:49 p.m. on September 27, law enforcement and emergency personnel responded to the crash on Commerce Parkway off Athens Highway. Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the wreck.

According to the accident report, 27-year-old Brandy Keller of Alto was driving a Kia Sorento south on Old Athens Highway. Keller attempted to turn onto Commerce Parkway and ran in front of a northbound Dodge Charger driven by 59-year-old Deana Crumbley of Cornelia.

Keller and three young children in this Kia Sorento escaped the wreck uninjured. (Rob Moore/Habersham County)

Crumbley and a passenger in her car, 63-year-old Kenneth Crumbley, suffered suspected serious injuries, state troopers say.

Habersham County EMS transported both of them by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Demorest.

Keller sustained a possible minor injury but was not transported to the hospital. Three young children riding in the vehicle with her, ages 5, 3, and 2, also were uninjured.

The investigating trooper charged Keller with failing to yield while turning left.