Habersham County Emergency Services personnel received help from three departments Monday night, March 4, while retrieving an injured driver whose vehicle had overturned into a ravine.
The single-vehicle wreck was reported just after 5:30 p.m. on Crane Mill Road just down from the four-way stop at Mud Creek Road.
Habersham County Emergency Services responded, along with personnel from the Baldwin and Cornelia fire departments. A unit from the Gainesville Fire Department was in the area and assisted, a county spokesperson says.
Multiple people were required to free the elderly female driver from the wreckage.
“She ran off the road approximately 70 feet down an embankment. It appears her car has rolled multiple times,” said HCES Battalion Chief Brandon Whitney.
The woman was trapped inside the vehicle. Once freed, firefighters loaded her into a stokes basket with a backboard and pulled her to safety using a ropes system.
Georgia State Patrol Post 7 Toccoa is investigating.
