A Braselton man, Shannon Dwight Pressley, 55, who was injured in a three-vehicle crash on Winder Highway earlier this month, died Sunday at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
The collision occurred (March 5) at 8:05 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Winder Highway near Cedar Ridge Drive in Oakwood. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Accident Investigation Unit (AIU) conducted the investigation at the request of the Oakwood Police Department.
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“According to the investigation, Mr. Pressley was traveling in the right hand lane of Winder
Highway westbound when he failed to slow for vehicles that were stopped in morning rush
hour traffic congestion.
Mr. Pressley first struck a passenger vehicle from behind; that vehicle, in turn, struck an SUV in front of it. Mr. Pressley’s pickup truck traveled across the left lane and into the median of the roadway. Mr. Pressley suffered serious injuries in the crash; he was not wearing a seatbelt.”