Cleveland woman hospitalized after crashing head-on into a tree

Habersham County E-911 dispatched emergency personnel to the scene of a single-vehicle wreck on Hwy. 17 south of Sautee-Nacoochee on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (Daniel Purcell/NowHabersham.com)

A Cleveland woman was rushed to the hospital following a single-vehicle wreck early Sunday on Highway 17. The wreck, south of Sautee-Nacoochee, shut down the highway near Medicine Bow Lane for over an hour.

A 911 caller reported the crash at 5111 Hwy. 17 just after midnight on Nov. 3. Responding units arrived to find a Nissan Pathfinder crashed headlong into a tree.

According to the Georgia State Patrol’s preliminary investigation, 32-year-old Brittany Orum was driving south on Hwy. 17 when the Pathfinder ran off the road, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree.

It took emergency personnel about 20 minutes to free Orum from the wreckage, according to Habersham County Public Information Officer Rob Moore.

(Daniel Purcell/NowHabersham.com)

Habersham EMS transported Orum by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville for treatment.

Troopers with Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the wreck.

The road reopened at 1:42 a.m., according to Moore.

Multiple weekend wrecks

Sunday’s wreck was the latest in a string of automobile accidents on local roadways over the weekend.

Public safety officials responded to several accidents on Nov. 1, including a serious injury wreck on GA 255 outside Batesville, a single-vehicle crash on GA 365, and a two-vehicle collision at the J Warren Road intersection.

A rollover wreck early Sunday, Nov. 3, on GA 197 North temporarily shut down the highway but, according to deputies, no one was injured.

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