A truck driver hauling goods for Amazon got hauled off to jail after authorities say he wrecked while allegedly driving under the influence of drugs.
The early Monday morning accident temporarily shut down the southbound lanes of GA 15/US 441 in Rabun County near Camp Creek Road in Tiger.
Troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa responded to the wreck at 7:43 a.m. on April 10. Their preliminary report states the driver, 52-year-old Stacey Darnell Dewberry of Griffin, was southbound when he lost control of the Kenworth in a curve and struck the guardrail.
“The vehicle reentered the roadway and exited the roadway again to the right going through the guardrail, and became stuck on the edge of a dropoff,” the report says.
Dewberry was transported to Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton and evaluated for non-life-threatening injuries. He was released and then transported to the Rabun County Detention Center.
Troopers charged Dewberry with DUI, failure to exercise due regard, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain lane, and failure to update his address.
