A Braselton man died Sunday after a multi-vehicle collision last week in Hall County, according to authorities.
Hall County Sheriff’s Office says Shannon Dwight Pressley, 55, was injured in a three-vehicle crash on Winder Highway earlier this month before he died at Northeast Georgia Medical Center on Sunday, March 9.
Police say the collision occurred at 8:05 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the westbound lanes of Winder Highway near Cedar Ridge Drive in Oakwood.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Unit (AIU) conducted the investigation at the request of the Oakwood Police Department.
According to the investigation, Pressley was traveling in the right hand lane of Winder Highway westbound when he failed to slow for vehicles that were stopped in morning rush hour traffic congestion.
Pressley first struck a passenger vehicle from behind, according to police. That vehicle then struck an SUV in front of it.
Pressley’s pickup truck traveled across the left lane and into the median of the roadway. Pressley suffered serious injuries in the crash, and authorities say he was not wearing a seatbelt.
