White County wreck injures five people

News

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. — A two-vehicle crash injured five people, including two children who were life flighted to an Atlanta area hospital Sunday.

According the report filed by Sgt. Austin Allen of Georgia State Patrol Post 6, Samantha Wade, 26, of Cleveland was driving a Toyota RAV 4 southbound on SR 11 when her vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a northbound Ford Edge driven by Gerritt Moot, 50, of Blairsville, head on.

Wade and Moot were transported by White County EMS to Northeast Georgia Mediccal Center in Gainesville. Casie Sidel, 29, a passenger in the Wade vehicle, was transported to Habersham Medical Center. Two infants who were passengers in the Wade vehicle were life flighted to Atlanta area hospitals.

According to the report, the two juveniles were restrained by shoulder belts but should have been in da carseat/booster seat.

An eyewitness said he was traveling northbound on SR 11 when the Wade vehicle crossed the centerline a had to pull off the highway to avoid being struck.

Back to Top