A head-on collision in White County over the weekend seriously injured five people, including two small children.
The accident happened around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, on US 129/GA 11 near White County High School.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Samantha Wade, 26, of Cleveland, was driving south in a Toyota Rav4 when she crossed the centerline and struck a northbound Ford Edge driven by Gerrit Moot, 50, of Blairsville. The crash injured both drivers and all three passengers in Wade’s vehicle.
Serenity Butler, 6, of Cleveland was critically injured. Life Flight flew her and 4-year-old Shiloh Hernandez, also of Cleveland, to an Atlanta area hospital.
White County EMS transported Wade and Moot to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. 29-year-old Casie Sidel of Cleveland was taken by ambulance to Habersham Medical Center in Demorest.
Drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be a factor in the collision, according to SFC Auston Allen of Georgia State Patrol Post 6 in Gainesville. Charges are pending against Wade.
