Georgia state troopers have charged a Lula man in connection with a rollover wreck they say he caused when he rear-ended the vehicle in front of him.
Jesse Lee Watson was driving a 2015 Ford Mustang north on Cornelia Highway near Cagle Road when it struck the rear of a GMC Yukon. The Yukon ran off the road, hit an embankment, overturned and landed on its roof, troopers say.
The Yukon driver, Ray Stallings Smith, 61, and his passenger, Lynn Ney Smith, 59, both of Atlanta, suffered minor injuries in the November 24 crash. EMS treated them on the scene.
The 30-year-old Watson was unconscious when emergency personnel arrived, according to the Georgia State Patrol. EMS transported him to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with non-life-threatening injuries. A passenger in the Mustang, Kaitlin Woodruff, 33, of Gainesville, was not injured.
Troopers with Georgia State Patrol Post 6 in Gainesville investigated they crash. They charged Watson with DUI of drugs – less safe, failure to maintain lane, and following too closely.
