Three people were injured, and a teenage driver was charged in a multi-vehicle wreck on Gainesville Highway in Alto.
The wreck involved a car, SUV, and pickup truck. It happened shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, April 14.
According to the state patrol, a Honda Passport traveling north on Gainesville Highway was attempting to turn left onto Crane Mill Road when a Ford Focus hit it from behind. The impact caused the Honda to run into a Dodge Ram pickup truck that was traveling south on the highway.
Troopers with Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the wreck. According to their report, Daylen Holcombe, 17, of Alto, was driving the Ford Focus that caused the crash. They charged Holcombe with following too closely and failure to exercise due care.
Holcombe and his passenger, Elizabeth Prater, 16, of Nicholson, sustained minor injuries. So did Jordan Manzo, 31, of Alto, who was driving the Honda. They were taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment.
No one in the pickup was injured. They’re identified as 59-year-old Phillip Alexander and 26-year-old Kadin Carlan.
