TOCCOA — UPDATED: Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa has released preliminary details of Monday morning’s fatal three-vehicle wreck on Ga. 365 south of Trestle View Road in Stephens County.
The wreck happened at 6:41 a.m., and involved a tractor-trailer truck, a car and a pickup truck.
A 2017 Ford Mustang driven by John Dean McKay, 21, of Demorest was northbound in the right lane of Ga. 365 south of Trestle View Road.
“Witnesses stated vehicle 1 [the Mustang] was traveling at a high rate of speed while weaving in traffic,” according to GSP.
A 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac pickup truck was traveling in the right lane of Ga. 365 directly in front of the Mustang.
The third vehicle, a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia flatbed tractor-trailer, driven by 56-year-old Miquel Hipolito Padron of Auburn, was parked on the right shoulder of Ga. 365 south of the turn lane for Davis Mountain Road, according to GSP.
The Mustang struck the pickup truck in the left rear with its right front, then the truck traveled onto the right shoulder, striking the trailer of the tractor-trailer in the rear with its front, according to GSP. The Mustang continued, coming to rest in the gore of the left turn lane.
The pickup truck came to rest with its front under the rear portion of the flatbed tractor-trailer.
“Initial area of impact was on the roadway in the right lane as determined by tire marks, debris and witness statements,” according to GSP.
The impact between the pickup truck and tractor-trailer was on the right shoulder of the highway.
McKay was taken by ambulance to Stephens County Hospital with what GSP termed non-incapacitating injuries.
The pick up driver is identified as Andres Domingo-Andres, 40, of Alto.
Padron was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation, and charges are pending, according to GSP.
