The driver of a Lexus that failed to yield while turning left was cited following a three-vehicle crash Friday night that injured three people, one seriously.
The accident happened May 9 at 8:35 p.m. at the intersection of State Route 115/Dahlonega Highway and Tesnatee Gap Valley Road.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, 74-year-old Dorothy Carolyn Lanier of Cleveland was driving the Lexus eastbound on SR 115 in the left turn lane and was attempting to turn left onto Tesnatee Gap Valley Road. Lanier told the state patrol she thought the westbound Ford Focus, driven by 62-year-old Nancy Smith of Dahlonega, was in the right-only turn lane.
The Focus was approaching the intersection when it struck the front right side of the turning Lexus NX200. After the initial impact, the Focus struck the front left tire of the firetruck as it traveled north. The firetruck, driven by 31-year-old John Sovine of Cleveland, was stopped on Tesnatee Gap Valley Road waiting to turn onto the highway and was not in service at the time.
White County EMS transported Smith to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Lanier and her passenger, 59-year-old Joseph Lanier of Cleveland, had complaints of injury but refused to be transported. Sovine was not injured.
The Georgia State Patrol cited Lanier for failing to yield the right of way while turning left.
