A wrong-way driver is blamed for a multi-vehicle accident on GA 400 early Monday morning. According to the Georgia State Patrol, the driver also faces DUI charges.
On Monday around 4:20 a.m., a Dahlonega woman driving a 1998 Ford Explorer got on GA 400 driving north in the southbound lanes. Virginia Jarrard’s vehicle hit an oncoming Honda Civic head on just south of the Burnt Stand Road intersection. Both drivers were in the left, southbound lane when the cars crashed.
Upon impact, the Explorer’s front right wheel separated from the vehicle and landed in the right lane. A third vehicle, a Toyota Camry, hit the tire, forcing the tire to bounce back into the left lane where a fourth car also traveling south struck it, causing a third crash. The Georgia State Patrol’s crash report says that these accidents happened just moments apart.
There were no serious injuries in any of the three crashes. Jarrard and the driver of the Civic both had minor injuries.
Jarrard, 67, was charged with DUI, driving on the wrong side of the roadway, failure to obey traffic control device, and reckless driving.
