MT. AIRY — A 15-year-old girl was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital Saturday after a four-wheeler wreck near Mt. Airy.
The teen, whose name is not being released as of Saturday night, "went up the terrace and overturned," said Lt. Matt Wurtz of Habersham County Sheriff's Office.
The incident occurred at 1:17 p.m. Saturday in a pasture at 505 Owens Circle, located directly behind the Habersham Ninth Grade Academy.
The teen suffered what Wurtz said are serious but initially not believed to be life-threatening injuries, and was flown from the former driver education range on the campus of the school.
No additional details have been released.
The medical crew from AirLife Georgia 2 makes its way to a Habersham County ambulance to evaluate the teen victim of an ATV accident.
Emergency personnel transfer the victim from a stretcher to the waiting medical helicopter for the flight to Atlanta.
The AirLife Georgia 2 medical helicopter takes off from the campus of the Habersham Ninth Grade Academy en route to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
An ATV accident seriously injured a 15-year-old girl in this pasture on Owens Circle directly behind the Habersham Ninth Grade Academy.
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