A tow truck driver involved in a rollover crash Tuesday on Cannon Bridge Road in Demorest has died. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Corey Dearing, 40, of Maysville, passed away as a result of his injuries. Habersham County Coroner Kasey McEntire says Dearing died Wednesday.
Dearing was fatally injured when the construction tow truck he was driving ran down an embankment and overturned around 3:10 p.m. on June 20.
State troopers say Dearing was driving the Kenworth rollback south on Cannon Bridge Road when he traveled into the northbound lane. The preliminary accident report states the driver “overcorrected [and] traveled off the west shoulder of Cannon Bridge” before traveling down the embankment.
The truck, owned by KNS Towing, landed upside down on its roof in a creek bed. It was towing a Ford F-350 at the time of the accident.
Emergency personnel transported Dearing to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville following the crash.
The wreck shut down Cannon Bridge Road between Old Cleveland Road and Smith Loop Road for more than four hours.
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The Georgia State Patrol previously reported the driver’s last name was Derring. This article reflects the corrected spelling of his last name.
