FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ga. — A 65-year-old Commerce man died after his pickup ran off Georgia Highway 327 and struck several trees Monday night, the Georgia State Patrol said.
Troopers from the Hartwell post responded to the crash near Airport Road around 9:31 p.m. Nov. 2. Investigators said 65-year-old Timothy Nile Patterson was driving a 2007 Ford F-150 south when the pickup left its lane in a curve, went off the west shoulder and hit multiple trees.
Patterson was airlifted to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Troopers learned around 2:25 a.m. Tuesday that he had died from his injuries, said GSP Sgt. J.R. Dean.
According to the GSP accident report, Patterson was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, and no driver impairment was suspected.
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