Charges are pending in a traffic accident in northwest Hall County that left an 18-year-old woman injured and led to a lengthy road closure.
HALL CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE (HCSO) NARRATIVE:
“According to preliminary investigative details from HCSO’s Accident Investigation Unit, the driver of an SUV was traveling northbound on Price Road just after 8:00 (Tuesday night) when he exited the roadway and crashed into a utility pole in the area of Old Cool Springs Road.
The driver, identified as Dalton Mullinax, 19, of Gainesville, got out of the vehicle and fled the scene on foot. The female passenger in the vehicle had to be (cut) from the wreckage. She was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries (and) has since been released from the hospital.
The search for Mullinax, which involved multiple deputies and a K9 team, was unsuccessful. He is expected to face multiple traffic charges once the crash investigation is complete.
Price Road was closed from approximately 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday until 2:30 a.m. Wednesday so Jackson EMC could replace the broken utility pole.”