Cumming Teen Injured in Single-Vehicle Wreck

A 17-year-old Cumming woman was injured after she lost control of car and crashed into a tree on Sunday, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said.

According to investigators, the woman’s blue 2009 Nissan Versa was traveling north on Westray Road at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The Versa left the roadway, skidding into the northbound shoulder before going down an embankment, through a field, up another embankment, and striking a tree head-on. The vehicle continued into a barbed wire fence before stopping in the 6700 block of Westray Road, sheriff’s deputies said.

The driver was not wearing her seat belt at the time of the wreck but was not ejected from the vehicle, investigators said. She was taken to a local hospital where her injuries were deemed non life-threatening.

Investigators blame the crash on the driver going too fast for conditions, and said that she could have minimized her injuries by wearing her seat belt.