One Dead in Three-Car Wreck in Stephens County

 

A man is dead and a woman and her infant are in critical condition after a three-car wreck in Stephens County Tuesday.

It happened Tuesday morning at about 9:30a on SR106 southbound near Lawhouse Road.

According to the Georgia State Patrol Toccoa Post, it appears a truck crossed the center line and hit an SUV head-on.

The SUV was then rear-ended by an oncoming full-size pickup truck.

The woman driving the SUV and her infant were critically injured according to troopers working the wreck.

They were airlifted from Stephens County Hospital to another hospital for treatment. No word on the extent of their injuries.

The driver of the pickup that hit the SUV head-on died at the scene, while the driver of the pick up that rear-ended the SUV was not injured.

No word yet on the identities of the victims nor what may have caused the first driver to cross the center line.

More information on this story as details become available.