Authorities have identified the drivers seriously injured in a wreck south of Clarkesville on Tuesday as Mary Lou Demore, 87, of Clarkesville and Billie Ann Tarango, 25, of Mt. Airy.
At 3:07 p.m. on February 28, Habersham County E-911 dispatched emergency personnel to a report of a wreck with injuries at the intersection of GA 197 South and Blacksnake Road.
According to state troopers, Demore was driving a GMC Terrain southbound on Blacksnake Road, stopped at the stop sign. Tarango was driving a Honda Civic north on Highway 197 negotiating a curve.
The Georgia State Patrol report says Demore “failed to yield after stopping at the stop sign and traveled into the intersection in front of the Honda Civic.” The GMC struck the Honda head-on, causing the Honda to run down an embankment.
Habersham County EMS transported both drivers by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment.
Highway 197 and the end of Blacksnake Road were closed for an hour while the state patrol investigated and towing operators cleared the scene.
Troopers charged Demore with failure to yield.
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