Two men were seriously injured when they were ejected from an SUV that crashed southwest of Cleveland. Georgia state troopers charged the driver with DUI.
According to the state patrol’s preliminary investigation, Jimmy Adrian Byron Alexander Pruitt, 21, of Cleveland, was driving a Toyota 4Runner north on Asbury Mill Road Monday afternoon when he ran off the road. The vehicle traveled onto the west shoulder of the roadway and struck several trees.
Jeremy Ryan Goddard, 24, of Murphy, North Carolina, and Ishmen Mandingo Dorsey, 23, of Sautee Nacoochee were both thrown from the vehicle. Pruitt, too, was injured but initially refused treatment on the scene. He was transported to a hospital for treatment after being placed under arrest.
In addition to DUI, troopers charged Pruitt with failure to maintain lane, and two counts of serious injury by vehicle.
