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Officials say this side-by-side, off-highway vehicle overturned Wednesday night, ejecting and seriously injuring the two Demorest men inside.
Habersham County Emergency Services
Two Demorest men were seriously injured in a crash involving a side-by-side ATV west of Clarkesville Wednesday night.
“On Dec. 23 at approximately 9:10 p.m., a 2019 Polaris, an off-highway vehicle, was traveling on Daniel Road,” said Cpl. John Getty of Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa.
The wreck happened in the area of Poplar Creek Trail, according to Habersham County Emergency Services Director Chad Black.
Getty identified the driver as 27-year-old Austin Kimsey and the passenger as 55-year-old Jeffery Kimsey, both of Demorest.
CORNELIA Two Habersham County women were injured, one seriously, in a crash in Cornelia during a high-speed chase late Tuesday night.
A Volkswagen Jetta driven by 29-year-old Amber Wade of Demorest was traveling south on U.S. 441 Business fleeing from Habersham County sheriff’s deputies at the time of the 11:45 p.m. wreck, said Cpl. John Getty of Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa.
“Deputy Holcomb performed a PIT on the fleeing vehicle, causing the vehicle to spin out on the roadway in the center turn lane,” Getty said. “The driver of the Jetta did not remain stopped and attempted to flee again. Within 1,500 feet, Deputy Holcomb performed a second PIT on the vehicle, to which the Jetta traveled off the roadway to the right and struck a power pole.”
A wrong-way crash on Ga. 365 south of Demorest-Mt. Airy Highway Wednesday morning injured a Cornelia man and sent a Toccoa woman to jail. At approximately 6:42 this morning, a 2012 Chrysler 200, driven by Chester Skelton, 93, of Cornelia, mistakenly traveled the wrong way onto Ga. 15 [Ga. 365] going north in the southbound lanes,” said Cpl. John Getty of Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa.
“The Chrysler had a head-on collision with a 2020 Chevrolet pickup, driven by Annie Chamlee, 46, of Toccoa,” Getty said. “A secondary collision, side-swipe same direction, occurred between the Chevrolet pickup truck and a southbound 2019 Ford truck, driven by Hal Free, 54, of Clarksville.”