Police Identify Girl Hospitalized after Being Struck by a Truck Thursday

Patch Community Editor Jon Gargis was the author of the original article.

Heather Crockett, 17, of Hiram, was identified Saturday morning as one of the teens struck by a truck Thursday. She was taken by Life Flight to Atlanta Medical Center.

According to Cpl. Ashley Henson, public information officer for the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, Crockett was struck as she was walking in the area of 4386 Nebo Road.

Crockett was walking east along the north edge of Nebo Road Thursday night at around 10:30 p.m. with 18-year-old Joshua Lee Stephens, also of Hiram. A 2008 GMC Sierra that was traveling west on Nebo hit Stephens in the shoulder with the passenger side mirror and hit Crockett with the passenger side of the vehicle.

The truck was being driven by Joshua David Smith, 19, from Douglasville.

Stephens was treated at the scene and Crockett was airlifted to Atlanta Medical Center.

A Life Flight helicopter landed and took off from the parking lot of the nearby Ingles grocery store to take the girl to an Atlanta-area hospital, Henson said. Her status was unknown as of Friday afternoon.

Two Nixle alerts were sent to Paulding residents following the crash to advise drivers to avoid the area. The first, sent at 10:23 p.m., warned that a detour would be required for about an hour. Nearly an hour later, a second alert went out to announce that both roadways would be closed for several hours.

Return to Dallas-Hiram Patch for updates.