State Patrol identifies adults injured in Thursday crash on SR 136

DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia State Patrol has identified the adults injured in Thursday’s single-vehicle wreck on SR 136 just west of Eagle Creek Farm Road that sent two adults and three children to the hospital.

SFP Curtis Bradshaw of Post 37 in Cumming said in an email that a 2005 Buick LaCrosse, driven by 38-year-old Michael Don Land of Dawsonville, was traveling west on SR 136 when it veered off the road to the left.  The LaCrosse traveled down a steep embankment and struck some small trees at the bottom of the hill.

Land and an adult passenger, 30-year-old Crystal Gooch of Dawsonville, were taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment of their injuries.  The driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.  The adult passenger suffered serious injuries.

There were three children, ages 4, 5, and 6, in the vehicle as well.  All three children were taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.  Two of the children were transported by helicopter from the scene to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.  The third was initially transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville and then later transferred to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.  Two of the children suffered serious injuries.  The third child suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The crash is still under investigation.

 

 

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