Rockford Creek Road near GA 15/US 441 was closed for several hours Thursday near the scene of the fatal crash. (Daniel Purcell/Now Habersham)
Officials have released the name of the driver killed Thursday in a single-vehicle accident on Rockford Creek Road off of GA 15/US 441 in north Habersham County. Assistant county coroner Ken Franklin identifies him as 41-year-old Justin Kyle Skelton of Clarkesville.
Skelton was driving a red Jeep Wrangler. Georgia State Patrol Trooper C. Campbell with Post 7 in Toccoa says the driver, later identified as Skelton, ran off the road and overcorrected, the vehicle then overturned. Skelton was ejected from the Jeep. Trooper Campbell says there was a car seat in the vehicle which prompted emergency personnel to search to determine if a child was involved. They determined Skelton was the only person in the Jeep. He was not wearing a seatbelt, according to Campbell.
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Personnel from Habersham County Emergency Services, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, Coroner’s Office, and Georgia State Patrol responded to the scene. The road was closed for several hours.
Fourth fatality in seven days
Skelton is the fourth person to die in a traffic accident on Habersham County roads this week.
Two Cornelia women were killed in a wreck on GA 15/US 441 near Tallulah Falls on September 13.
A Mt. Airy man died in a wreck on GA 365 at Hazel Creek Road on September 15.
Now Habersham will continue to update this developing story as new information becomes available.
