Three People Injured in 3-Vehicle Wreck on Highway 53
The three-vehicle crash shut down Highway 53 for several hours Tuesday morning.
Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning that shut down Highway 53 near the Hall County line for several hours, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. At about 8:57 a.m., Bobby Simonds, 69, of Toccoa, Ga., was traveling westbound on Highway 53 in a heavy-duty work van owned by Clipper Petroleum. He began to slow the vehicle down as he approached a large amount of mud that had spilled onto the highway. As he was slowing down he was rear-ended by a FedEx truck driven by Carlos McDonald, 58, of Danielsville, Ga. Deputy Sheriff John Crane reported that upon impact the FedEx truck slid into the back of the work van, pushing both vehicles into the mud. The FedEx truck then slid into the eastbound lane of …
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