Two Injuries Reported in Crash on Hwy. 115

CLEVELAND, Ga – Two people were injured in a car wreck on Hwy. 115 near Thunder Ridge Drive just before noon Monday and both were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center with undisclosed injuries.

According to a report filed by the White County Sheriff’s Office, Elmer Swain Stewart, 66, of Gainesville was exiting the driveway at Community Thrift Store in a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe and pulled out in front of a 2013 Nissan Murano driven by Allen Barnard Wrigley, 66, of Dahlonega.

The two vehicles collided nearly head-on and Stewart’s vehicle came to a stop 51-feet from the point of collision, in the east bound lane of Hwy. 115. Wrigley’s vehicle came to rest 75 feet away in the westbound lane.

This was the second vehicle accident with injuries, involving a car exiting a commercial parking lot on Hwy. 115 in less than a week.