Over the weekend in Habersham County, there were four different vehicle crashes with multiple people injured.
Rolled over ATV
On Friday, April 26, the first crash occurred near Mud Creek Road. A Polaris Ranger rolled over on a dirt road. Public Information Officer Rob Moore says Habersham E-911 received a call about the accident at around 5:35 p.m.
According to the preliminary crash report from the Georgia State Patrol, a 15-year-old girl was driving the Polaris north on Seldom Rest Lane. Troopers say she was driving too fast for road conditions and lost control of the vehicle.
State troopers say the teen driver overcorrected as the vehicle rotated. One of the tires struck a hole in the gravel roadway, causing the Polaris to overturn onto its driver’s side.
A medical helicopter flew the injured teen driver to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with serious injuries.
Two other girls, ages 16 and 14, were transported by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) in Gainesville with non-life-threatening injuries.
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A single-vehicle wreck on GA 365 North
A single-vehicle wreck on GA 365 North near Alto-Mud Creek Road on Saturday injured three people, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
Troopers were dispatched to the scene around 7:02 a.m. on April 27. Their investigation into the crash revealed that a Toyota Sequoia was traveling North on GA 365, in the right lane. The driver, a 15-year-old male, swerved and lost control, rotating clockwise, the GSP report states.
The Toyota left the roadway, traveled onto the right shoulder of the road and struck a guardrail with its driver’s side. The SUV then traveled down an embankment and came to an uncontrolled rest near a drainage ditch.
The impact ejected two teenage boy passengers – ages 15 and 16 – from the rear driver’s side door.
Habersham EMS transported them to NGMC in Gainesville with minor injuries. A third passenger, 48-year-old Pablo Mosqueda of Gainesville, also sustained minor injuries and EMS transported him to the hospital.
According to the State Patrol report, the driver told troopers that another vehicle changed lanes before him, causing him to swerve. The second vehicle did not cut him off but changed lanes closer than he felt comfortable.
Nearly 50 feet of guardrail was damaged from the wreck.
An accident involving a golf cart
On Saturday afternoon, one person was seriously injured in a golf cart accident at 379 Rocky Ridge Trail.
Moore said Habersham E-911 received a call at around 4:42 p.m. on April 27 reporting the wreck.
State troopers were dispatched to 379 Rocky Ridge Trail to investigate the crash. They determined that a golf cart was traveling west and the front of the vehicle struck a wall. After impact, the golf cart tilted counterclockwise and came to an uncontrolled final rest facing west over a staircase.
According to Moore, the vehicle fell about nine feet and came to rest on concrete steps and artificial turf. The Georgia State Patrol identified the man Geoffrey Tipton of Cornelia.
The 59-year-old Tipton told troopers he hit the gas pedal instead of the brake before crashing. He sustained suspected serious injuries and Habersham EMS transported him by ambulance to NGMC in Gainesville for treatment.
Pedestrian struck by a car
Finally, on Sunday night, April 28, a pedestrian a car struck a pedestrian on Georgia Street near the Student Commons at Piedmont University in Demorest.
Moore says the wreck happened after 6:45 p.m.
The Georgia State Patrol says troopers investigated the crash and determined that an Audi Q5 was traveling west on Georgia Street. The driver, Javierre Marlowe, 21, of Longs, South Carolina, turned south onto Dorm Drive and struck the pedestrian, who was walking outside the crosswalk.
According to GSP, Elliot Dougherty, 20, of Roswell, sustained minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to NGMC Gainesville for treatment.
