A juvenile who took a car without permission and then wrecked it on Habersham Mills Road in Demorest faces multiple charges, including DUI, officials say.
Habersham County E-911 operators received a call just after 1:20 a.m. on Friday, September 29. The caller reported a rollover wreck on Habersham Mills Road near the Heidelberg Materials Habersham Quarry. The caller said the passenger car was on its roof.
Several Habersham County deputies responded to the scene along with EMS and Demorest firefighters.
The caller reported seeing someone run away from the vehicle. A deputy located the juvenile and determined they had taken the car without permission.
“The owner of the vehicle was out of town at the time and was not aware the vehicle was missing until contacted by deputies investigating the wreck,” says Habersham County Public Information Officer Rob Moore.
The sheriff’s office did not release the juvenile’s name nor their relationship to the car’s owner.
In addition to DUI, deputies charged the juvenile with underage drinking, failure to report an accident, failure to maintain lane, and hit-and-run.
It remains unclear why the hit-and-run charge was filed. Officials did not immediately respond to Now Habersham’s request for that information.
The wreck remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office.
