2 Ejected When Truck Overturns In Cherokee County Crash

BALL GROUND, GA -- A motorist has been charged with various traffic violations following a two vehicle collision that injured two of his passengers Tuesday afternoon in northern Cherokee County. Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office were dispatched around 3:10 p.m. July 25 to an accident on Upper Bethany Road at Damascus Road.

A preliminary investigation reveals a white Ford Ranger driven by 37-year-old Kenneth Williams of Ellijay failed to yield at an intersection and was hit by an oncoming black Chevrolet Silverado, the sheriff's office said.

The Silverado, driven by Ball Ground resident Blake Sears, 29, traveled off the roadway into a ditch and overturned. The Ford Ranger also overturned and ejected passengers, Ellijay residents Robert Jett, 26, and Sandra Potts, 37. Both passengers were not wearing seatbelts, said Sgt. Marianne Kelley.

Potts was life-flighted to an area hospital with serious injuries while Jett was transported by ambulance to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The Chevrolet Silverado also had two other passengers in the truck, Chasati Sears, 28, and the couple's infant daughter. All parties in the Silverado were seat belted properly and were not injured, Kelley added.

Williams has been charged with DUI drugs, serious injury by motor vehicle, reckless driving, failing to stop at a stop sign, driving on a suspended license, driving with no insurance, no seatbelt and driving an unsafe vehicle. He was booked into the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center and has a bond of $23,136.

The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit continues to investigate the collision.

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