A driver escaped injury when his truck overturned Monday afternoon on the Richard Russell Scenic Highway north of Helen.
The single-unit truck was transporting construction materials, traveling south, when the brakes failed, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
“The driver lost control and the truck traveled off the west shoulder of the road and overturned onto its passenger side,” says Cpl. J. G. Tucker with GSP Post 6 in Gainesville.
State department of transportation personnel closed the highway while towing crews worked to remove the truck.
The truck driver, 26-year-old Jason Dunford of Cumming was not injured. According to Tucker, no charges are expected to be filed.
