Two Cornelia men escaped a nasty wreck on GA 17 Friday but the driver couldn’t escape charges.A Georgia State Patrol Trooper cited him for DUI, open container, and failure to maintain lane.
According to the Trooper’s report, 30-year-old Jose Cuautle-Estrada was driving south on GA 17 in a 2008 Chrysler 300. He crossed the center line and ran off the east shoulder of the highway. The car then traveled into a deep ditch, hit a culvert and vaulted over the culvert and both lanes of Crest Winds Drive before coming to a stop in the roadside ditch.
Cuautle-Estrada and his passenger, 30-year-old Jorge Procobio, both walked away from the crash without injuries.
