A two-vehicle crash on GA 365 North in Mt. Airy sent one woman to the hospital with minor injuries, officials say. The crash involved an overturned truck and five children between the ages of 2 and 12.
The accident happened around 6:25 p.m. at the intersection with Cody Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Sarah White, 65, of Mt. Airy, had just picked up her daughter and three grandchildren from the Habersham Hills Cinema. As she drove her Dodge Ram pickup truck east on Cody Road to merge onto GA 365 North, she struck a Ford Explorer traveling in the left northbound lane of the highway.
The impact of the crash caused the Explorer to rotate and rollover onto its side in the middle of GA 365.
The wreck injured 52-year-old Sonya Briones, of Marion, Indiana, who was a passenger in the Explorer. Habersham EMS transported her to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville to treat lacerations to her right arm.
35-year-old Alicia Pollock of Otto, North Carolina, who was driving the Explorer and three young children in her vehicle ages 4, 9, and 12 escaped uninjured.
White, her daughter, Jennifer Pitman, 47, also of Mt. Airy, and Pitman’s two children, ages 5 and 11, also escaped without injury.
The crash shut down the northbound lanes of GA 365 near the crash site for more than an hour as crews cleared the scene. The road was reopened around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.
