A Royston woman was critically injured and three teens were hurt in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Franklin County. The wreck happened around 5:40 p.m. on March 2 on GA 106 near Cromers Bridge Road, the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) said.
According to GSP, 19-year-old Payton Riley Caldwell of Crawford was driving a Ford Excursion south on GA 106. The Excursion crossed into the northbound lane and crashed into the front of a Honda Accord, driven by 32-year-old Tatsianna Nicole Peeples.
Paramedics airlifted Peeples to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with life-threatening injuries.
Franklin County EMS transported Caldwell and two passengers in his vehicle — 17-year-old Robert Joel Baker and a 15-year-old female, both of Winder — to Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The girl’s name is being withheld because she’s a juvenile.
GSP’s Troop B Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is assisting Post 52 in Hartwell with the investigation. Troopers say charges are pending.
