The accident happened just before 7:00 a.m. when a 2010 Kia Forte being driven westbound on Hwy. 53 by Fredina Marie Elrod, 62, of Gainesville crossed the centerline in a curve. The reporting trooper said Elrod's vehicle hit a 2009 Ford pickup truck. The truck was being driven by Eugene Alan Hintz, 48, of Cumming.
Three children in the Kia, ages 2, 4 and 6, were taken to Scottish Rite Hospital for treatment. Elrod was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical in Gainesville and Hintz was taken by private vehicle to Northside Hospital-Forsyth in Cumming.
The GSP said Elrod was charged with failing to maintain lane and a child restraint violation, since the 6-year-old child was not in a booster seat.
The highway was closed more than an hour while the accident was cleared.
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