Published: February 12, 2009 06:00 pm      

Wreck victims were treated and released

From Staff Reports

Two people injured in a wreck on Cleveland Highway Monday morning were released from Hamilton Medical Center later that day.

Heather Carmichael, 36, of Cohutta, was traveling south in a Ford Explorer near Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church when she signaled a turn, said Trooper Rick Ceballos with the Georgia State Patrol. Scotty Tucker, 29, of Crandall, was behind Carmichael in a GMC Sierra truck. He said he did not see the turn signal and the truck hit the Explorer from behind, flipping it. The Explorer then hit a utility pole.

Tests on the turn signal were not possible since it was destroyed in the accident, Ceballos said. No charges were filed.