Crime & Safety
Two Ejected In Head-On Collision in Woodstock
A total of three ambulance were dispatched to transport 5 victims to the hospital.
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Woodstock, GA -- Two passengers were ejected from a vehicle in a two-car accident Thursday morning.
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Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services personnel responded to the crash on East Cherokee Drive at Highlands Drive in unincorporated Woodstock.
Crews arrived on the scene to find what appeared to have been a head-on collision involving a white Ford Mustang and a red Infiniti.
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The accident occurred around 9:20 a.m. Feb. 11 when a 2000 Ford Mustang was traveling eastbound on East Cherokee Drive when it “crossed into the westbound lane of travel, causing a collision with a 2011 Infiniti G37, which was traveling westbound,” Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Tracey Watson said.
Two occupants in the back seat of Ford Mustang were ejected and one front occupant in the Ford Mustang was trapped and had to be extricated, the agency added.
The female driver of the Infiniti was also injured in the crash, Cherokee County fire said.
According to Cherokee EMS Chief Danny West, three ambulances were dispatched to the scene to transfer five patients to WellStar Kennestone Hospital with moderate to severe injuries.
Charges are pending, and the Georgia state trooper investigating the crash ”believes that alcohol was a contributing factor in this crash,” GSP added.
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