Habersham EMS transported two people to the hospital Thursday morning after rescuers pulled them from a wrecked box truck on Dicks Hill Parkway.
The accident happened around 9:15 a.m. when the truck, which was traveling east on Hazel Creek Road, ran off the road and struck a ditch. After impact, the truck continued east and ran into vines that had grown into a power pole. The force of the wreck pulled the power pole from the ground, according to Georgia State Trooper Brady Galloway. The truck then ran down a small embankment and came to an uncontrolled rest facing east on the north side of Dicks Hill Parkway.
Capt. Michael Alexander with Habersham County Emergency Services (HCES) says the driver and a passenger had to be extricated from the wrecked vehicle. The State Patrol identifies the driver as Antavious Demond Morgan of Stone Mountain and the passenger as Lawrence Berry of Riverdale.
EMS transported the men to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with unspecified injuries.
The accident shut down the intersection of Dicks Hill Parkway and Hazel Creek Road for approximately two hours as crews worked to clear the scene and authorities investigated the crash. The intersection reopened around 11:30 a.m.
Video and photos by Daniel Purcell/Now Habersham
