Automobile accidents in Cleveland and Clarkesville disrupted traffic and sent one person to the hospital.
Collision on the Cleveland Square
EMS transported a Cleveland man to the hospital following a two-car collision on the Cleveland Square Monday morning.
According to the Cleveland Police Department, 44-year-old Jennifer Nicole Hill of Cleveland was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee east on Highway 115, attempting to turn left onto GA 11. She failed to yield and pulled into the path of a westbound vehicle driven by 38-year-old Coker Bryan of Cleveland.
Hill told police she thought the other vehicle was turning.
Coker complained of shoulder and back pain and had bitten his tongue. White County EMS transported him to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment.
Hill complained of minor injuries and her 12-year-old passenger complained of shoulder pain, but neither was transported.
Toccoa Highway tie-up
On Tuesday, December 5, Habersham County emergency personnel responded to a rear-end collision on Toccoa Highway outside Clarkesville.
The crash occurred just after 2 p.m. between the county fairgrounds and Hills Crossing Road.
No one was transported to the hospital, but the wreck tied up traffic on Toccoa Highway for about 45 minutes.
