Habersham County Coroner Kasey McEntire has identified the woman killed in Tuesday morning’s wreck on GA 17 as Josie-Tatum Mattox Carlson of Sautee-Nacoochee. The 21-year-old Carlson was a passenger in a Dodge Ram pickup truck that struck a Ford-150 and crashed into some trees.
The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) identified the Dodge driver as 21-year-old Ethan Carlson, also of Sautee. Officials tell Now Habersham the couple was married and had recently moved to the area from Blackshear, Georgia.
The crash occurred around 7:16 a.m. on Nov. 12 at Apache Way. The State Patrol’s preliminary accident report states Ethan Carlson was driving the Dodge pickup south on Highway 17 when he ran off the shoulder of the road and overcorrected. As the vehicle re-entered the roadway, it rotated clockwise and crossed the centerline. The bed of the Dodge struck the left front side of the Ford driven by 54-year-old David Mills of Cornelia.
After impact, the Dodge traveled down an embankment and struck several trees. The Ford came to a controlled rest on the east shoulder of the highway.
Two transported to hospital
Habersham County Emergency Services transported the Carlsons to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, where she later died.
GSP and its Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT) are investigating the cause of the crash.
The wreck occurred between GA 255 South (Blue Creek Road) and Preacher Campbell Road, closing a portion of GA 17 for over three hours.
The road reopened at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 12.
Second wreck in two days
This marks the second wreck in the same section of GA 17 in two days.
On Monday, Nov. 11, a motorhome and car collided near Preacher Campbell Road, shutting down the highway for over two hours. No one was seriously injured in that wreck.
One person was arrested, but the Georgia State Patrol has not released the charges or any names.
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