FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. — People across north Georgia and metro Atlanta enjoyed a snow day on Friday, but it’s not always just fun and games.
Channel 2′s Bryan Mims was in Fannin County in the north Georgia mountains where snow and ice caused an accident on a slick highway that sent a woman to the hospital.
The call came at just after 2 p.m. along the Georgia 60 Spur outside Mineral Bluff.
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Investigators say a Ford pickup truck slid on ice and spun into the ditch. A 28-year-old woman who was riding in the truck got out and stood on the roadway. That’s when an 18-wheeler, unable to stop on the icy road, hit her. The woman, who’s name has not been released, is in a local hospital.
“She was stable, alert and oriented,” said Robert Poole, a spokesman for Fannin County, in a text to Mims. “Not critical at the time the ambulance left the scene.”
Poole said that was the most serious accident in the county, but first responders handled several accidents involving vehicles running off the slick roads.
It was a happier scene on West Main Street in Blue Ridge, where Kirsten Anderson joined her husband and three children for sledding and snowball fights. They drove up from Kennesaw the night before.
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“We were so excited about the snow forecast and wanted to make sure we made a special memory with our family,” Anderson said. “So we drove up here just to see the snow and experience it together.”
Mitchell Chapman brought his wife and children from Marietta. “I think it’s just how seldom we get to see it, you know. They haven’t seen it in their whole lives,” he said. “My twins are six, and they have never seen it before.”
Most businesses in Blue Ridge were closed Friday, but Bryan LaGassa decided to open Blue Ridge Mountain Outfitters. “People are gonna need gear, so we’re gonna have the doors open, get them some gear and make sure they’re ready for the weather.
To complete the idyllic scene, the Anderson family planned to warm up in a rental cabin.
“We’ll enjoy it and have some hot chocolate and build a big fire,” Anderson said.
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