Crime & Safety

Driver Injured in Single-Vehicle Crash

Cherokee Sheriff's Office's Traffic Enforcement Unit investigators believe a medical emergency may have caused the driver to lose control.

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A Holly Springs resident was injured in a single vehicle accident Wednesday morning in western Cherokee County.

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Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash along S.R 20/Knox Bridge Highway near Highland View Pass around 8:43 a.m. Dec. 16.

The driver, 59-year-old Tommy Walker, has transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries stemming from the accident, said Lt. Jay Baker with the agency.

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Baker added the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the accident, but those investigators believe “that a medical emergency may have caused Walker lose control of the vehicle.”

There were no passengers in the car.

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