Authorities charged a Mt. Airy man with DUI and other traffic violations after he was severely injured in a wreck on GA 365 South. It happened early Friday morning near Level Grove Road in Cornelia.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, 23-year-old Marvin Chaves was driving a Honda Accord at a high rate of speed, attempting to weave through traffic when he lost control of the vehicle. The car left the highway and traveled up an embankment as it rotated.
Approximately 426 feet from the highway, the car struck a tree and vaulted multiple times. It wound up some 648 feet from where it exited the roadway.
Troopers say Chaves was not wearing a seatbelt.
At 7:21 a.m., Habersham County emergency personnel responded to the wreck. Crews extricated Chaves and transported him to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with multiple injuries.
In addition to DUI, troopers charged Chaves with not wearing a seatbelt, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, and driving without due regard.
Two escape injury in separate crash
Five hours later, emergency personnel responded to another rollover wreck about a mile north of where Chavis’ car crashed.
At 12:15 Friday afternoon, Habersham County E-911 dispatched Cornelia Fire Station 22 and an ambulance to a wreck initially reported to be on the 441 Bypass in Cornelia. While on the way to that wreck, fire personnel located the wreck in a ditch on the southbound shoulder of GA 365 just before the Bypass exit.
The state patrol says 39-year-old Michael Bradley of Lakemont was driving southbound in a Ford F150 when the truck ran off the shoulder of the road. The pickup struck a culvert and overturned onto its top.
Bradley and a passenger, 42-year-old Lauren Bradley, also of Lakemont, both escaped injury.
The right southbound lane of GA 365 was shut down until cleanup was completed.
