Kennesaw Man Involved in Crash

A driver from Kennesaw struck a Lexus at the intersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Woodlawn Drive Friday night, sending it into a utility pole and seriously injuring one of the passengers in the Lexus.

Kyle Lysaght, 22, of Marietta, was airlifted to the Atlanta Medical Center, where he remained in critical condition Saturday, Cobb Police Sgt. Dana Pierce said.

Police said Lysaght was a frontseat passenger in a gray 2007 Lexus heading southbound on Johnson Ferry shortly before 5 p.m. Friday.

As the vehicle approached the intersection, it was struck by a white 2005 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck driven by Zeferino Trego, 49, of Kennesaw.

At the time, the truck was turning left onto Woodlawn from northbound Johnson Ferry. The Lexus then collided with a utility pole in a traffic island, seriously injuring Lysaght, Pierce said.

Trego and the driver of the Lexus, Matthew Baske, 22, of Alpharetta, and the driver of the Tacoma, Zeferino Trego, 49, of Kennesaw, were taken by ambulance to WellStar Kennestone Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Pierce said.

He said a backseat passenger in the Lexus, Eric Hellerstedt, 22, of Marietta, declined medical treatment at the scene.

Pierce said traffic signals in both directions of Johnson Ferry were green, meaning that vehicles attempting to turn must yield. But he said no charges have been filed thus far.

East Cobb Patch readers reported that the helicopter landed and took off at nearby Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, and that traffic at the intersection was blocked for several hours.

Other eyewitnesses said the two injured passengers in the Lexus had to be extricated by emergency crews.