Speed, weather contributed to single-vehicle crash on GA 365, troopers say

(NowHabersham.com)

A Mt. Airy man escaped injury when the pickup truck he was driving overturned on GA 365 South in Habersham County.

Troopers from Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Post 7 in Toccoa responded to the crash near Double Bridge Road around 2:18 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12.

GSP’s preliminary accident report states that 55-year-old Donald Arledge, Jr., was driving southbound in a Chevy Silverado C150. According to the report, he was driving too fast for conditions and lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn off the roadway.

The crash did not injure Arledge.

The investigating trooper charged him with driving too fast for conditions and having faulty tires.

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