Public’s help needed in rock-throwing incident that injured Clarkesville teen

Investigators need your help to identify the person in this photo. 

The Towns County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in identifying a person of interest in connection with a rock-throwing incident that seriously injured a Clarkesville teenager.

The unidentified person on the far left of this photo (wearing a hat and blue sweatshirt) is considered a person of interest by authorities in a rock-throwing incident that seriously injured a Clarkesville teenager on Nov. 9 on Bell Mountain in Towns County.
The unidentified person on the far left of this photo (wearing a hat and blue hoodie) is considered a person of interest by authorities in a rock-throwing incident that seriously injured a Clarkesville teenager on Nov. 9 on Bell Mountain in Towns County.

Investigators today released a photo of a subject they call a person of interest in the case.

It happened around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, November 9. Fire and EMS crews responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call saying a rock had fallen from Bell Mountain and struck a subject in the head.

Authorities identify the victim as 17-year old Austin Corneck. He was airlifted from the scene with serious injuries. Corneck has since been released from the hospital.

Anyone with information about the incident and/or the identity of the person in these photos is asked to please call the Towns County Criminal Investigations Division at 706-896-4444.