A weekend wreck in Hall County injures three adults and two children while leaving a heavily travelled route blocked for nearly two hours Saturday afternoon.

Georgia State Patrol (GSP) reported that a trooper from the Gainesville Post responded to the area of SR-365 (Cornelia Highway) and Tribble Gap Road after 12:25 p.m. Saturday to investigate a traffic crash. Upon arrival, the trooper determined that a 2019 Chevy Traverse was traveling westbound on Tribble Gap Road, crossing SR-365.

The driver, 32-year old Kimberly Eller of Gainesville, was attempting to cross SR-365. Eller reportedly failed to yield to oncoming traffic after stopping at the stop sign on Tribble Gap Road when the front of Eller’s vehicle struck the left side of a 2010 Honda Insight, driven by 27-year old Kenney Aguilar of Toccoa. Aguilar’s vehicle was traveling southbound on SR-365 in the right lane when it was struck.

After the initial impact, Aguilar’s vehicle left the southwest shoulder of the roadway, striking a street sign, before coming to rest off the roadway as Eller’s vehicle continued westbound, striking a street sign, before coming to rest on Tribble Gap Road.

Aguilar and his passenger, 61-yeare old Rebeca Aguilar of Toccoa, were both entrapped in their vehicle. Both Aguilar and his passenger had to be extricated from their vehicle by Hall County Emergency Services and transported for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Eller, along with her two juvenile children, ages 8 and 13, were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

Eller was cited for failure to yield after stopping at a stop sign.

Both southbound lanes of SR-365 were shut down for approximately 1 ½ hours for the crash investigation.