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Wreck closes Highway 365 onramp

By ROB MOORE (North Georgian Front)
Friday, May 8, 2009 3:44 PM EDT

Emergency personnel are completing cleanup of a single-vehicle wreck on the ramp from Business Highway 441 to Highway 365 southbound near Cornelia.

A sport utility vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, trapping the female driver and injuring a small child.

The driver was being airlifted to an Atlanta hospital. The child was taken to Habersham Medical Center.

Further details were not immediately available.

Teen critically injured in Habersham Co. wreck

By Matt Lampert Staff (access north georgia)

CORNELIA – Weather may have been a factor when a teenager lost control of her Jeep on Highway 365 in Habersham County on Friday.

Investigators with the Patrol believe 18-year-old Rebekah Gwen Holcombe of Lawrenceville hydroplaned and slammed into a tree. She was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital in critical condition. A 3-year-old passenger was transported via ambulance to the Habersham County Medical Center with minor injuries.

Authorities say the wreck happened around 2:30 p.m.