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Wreck shut down 365

By from staff reports
Posted 5:05AM on Saturday 25th May 2002 ( 22 years ago )
GAINESVILLE - Just before the official start of the Memorial Day weekend holiday travel period Friday at 6:00 p.m., a traffic accident shut down Highway 365 in Hall County. <br> <br> The accident happened at about 5:45 p.m. on the southbound side of 365 at Howard Road. State troopers said that 23-year-old Terry Baumgardner of Gainesville allegedly failed to yield as he was turning onto 365. <br> <br> His car was then struck by the car driven by 20-year-old Joey Waters of Clarkesville. Waters was the only person not injured in the accident. Three passengers in his car were taken to Northeast Georgia with minor injuries. <br> <br> Baumgardner and his passenger were also treated there. <br> <br> A helicopter had been called to transport at least one patient from the scene, but it was cancelled.<br> <br> A passing motorist said the wreckage, law enforcement and rescue vehicles were in the median by about 6:15 p.m. That motorist said the accident involved two cars and appeared to have been a &#34;t-bone&#34; type collision.

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