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Driver Life-Flighted After Single Vehicle Wreck
5/16/12 11:13 AM
The driver was life-flighter to Atlanta Medical Center in serious condition.
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The driver was life-flighter to Atlanta Medical Center in serious condition.
Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to a single vehicle accident early this morning on Old Ball Ground Highway near Woodtech Parkway. Cherokee County 911 dispatched emergency service personnel shortly after 12:30.
 
When crews arrived on the scene, they found a BMW automobile had left the highway, traveled down an embankment and struck some trees. The driver of the car, a 34 year old male, had numerous injuries to his lower extremities. He was life-flighted to Atlanta Medical Center in serious condition.
 
Both lanes on Ball Ground Highway were blocked until 1:40 this morning. No additional injuries were reported and the cause of the accident is being investigated by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
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Cherokee County firefighters remove the driver from the car.
Cherokee County firefighters remove the driver from the car.
The vehicle went down an embankment and struck some trees.
The vehicle went down an embankment and struck some trees.
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