Four juveniles were injured when the utility task vehicle (UTV) they were riding in overturned down a steep embankment, state troopers say.
The accident happened Saturday night, April 5, on private property at 150 Wild Iris Lane in the Macedonia community outside Clarkesville.
According to the Georgia State Patrol’s preliminary crash report, the driver operated the vehicle on rough terrain at a speed “too fast for the steep embankment’s condition.” The UTV overturned and ended up on its side.
All four juveniles were injured in the crash. Habersham and Stephens County EMS transported them to the hospital. Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the crash. The agency did not release the driver’s age or the passengers’.
Troopers clarified in their report that the vehicle was a side-by-side UTV, not an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), as previously reported by the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office.
