Motorcyclist sent to trauma unit after crash with SUV in Cornelia

Two people were injured in a crash Monday afternoon, March 21, at the intersection of Carpenters Cove Lane and US 441 in Cornelia. (photo by Red Bird Media)

A midday wreck in Cornelia involving a Jeep Liberty and Harley Davidson motorcycle sent two people to the hospital Monday.

(Red Bird Media)

The crash happened around 12:40 p.m. at the intersection of Carpenters Cove Lane and US Business 441/GA 385.

According to the Georgia State Patrol, Margerette Weeks, 87 of Alto, was attempting to turn left from Carpenter’s Cove Lane in her Jeep when she was struck in the front bumper and hood by the motorcycle, driven by Jarred Dover, 23 of Cornelia.

The GSP says Weeks was transported to Habersham County Medical Center with unknown injuries. They say that Dover was transported to the trauma center at Northeast Georgia Medical Center with suspected serious injuries.

Habersham County Emergency Services and the Georgia State Patrol responded to the scene along with Cornelia police officers and firefighters.

(Red Bird Media)

This wreck happened on the same stretch of road, about a half-mile south of where a crash on Friday injured three people.

GSP says that Weeks has been charged with failure to yield while turning left and failure to yield to a motorcyclist causing serious injury. Dover has been charged with placing a tag with the intent to conceal and no insurance.

(photo by John Quackenbush)
(photo by John Quackenbush)