A wreck Saturday morning on Highway 17 west of Clarkesville claimed the life of a 19-year-old girl. The Georgia State Patrol identifies her as Kira Scott.
The accident happened just before 10 a.m. in the Hayes Corner area near Cool Springs Road.
According to state troopers, Scott was driving south on Highway 17 in a 2013 Nissan Juke. She entered the northbound lane and struck a 1986 Ford F350 on the driver’s side. Scott died at the scene. The driver of the truck, Timothy Goetchius, 44, also of Clarkesville, was not injured.
The accident shut down GA 17 near the crash site for several hours. The road was reopened by early afternoon.
The fatal crash was one of three accidents in Habersham within two hours of each other Saturday morning.
Around 9:35 a.m., there was a three-vehicle crash at the Duncan Bridge Road intersection on GA 365. According to GSP Post 7 in Toccoa, Barry Richardson, 74, of McDonough, was driving a Honda CRV northbound on GA 365 when he attempted to turn left onto Duncan Bridge Road. As he crossed the highway, a southbound Infiniti Q55 driven by Faithe Giaquinto, 66, of Franklin, North Carolina, struck the Honda on the passenger side. The impact caused the Honda to overturn. Giaquinto’s vehicle struck a pedestrian traffic control signal and guardrail. The traffic control post fell and struck the roof and side of a passing Chevrolet Colorado, driven by Logan Worley, 23, of Griffin.
The wreck injured Giaquinto and Richardson. A passenger in Richardson’s vehicle, 75-year-old Maureen Richardson of McDonough, was also injured. Habersham EMS transported all three to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment.
At 11:31 a.m. on July 17, Habersham EMS responded to a rollover wreck at the GA 365 northbound entrance ramp off of GA 105. The investigating state trooper says David Penner, 69, of Cornelia, was driving a Nissan Rogue north on GA 105. As he attempted to turn left onto the entrance ramp, a Chevrolet Colorado southbound on GA 105 struck the Nissan’s passenger side, causing the Nissan to overturn.
Ricky Thrasher, 64, of Fair Play, South Carolina, was driving the Colorado. A passenger in his vehicle, 54-year-old Linda Thrasher, also of Fair Play, was injured. Habersham EMS transported her by ambulance to Habersham County Medical Center in Demorest for treatment.
