Martin man suffers injuries from wreck involving tractor

CHARLES ANTHONY, WLHR

A Martin Man suffered severe injuries in a wreck involving a John Deere Tractor last week.

It happened the morning of May 27 when 80-year-old Thomas McCay of Martin was traveling south on Highway 17 in the right hand lane and was struck by a Ford pickup truck driven by 75-year-old James McCollum of Toccoa.

According to a police report from Georgia State Patrol, McCollum rear ended the tractor McCay was driving causing it to overturn and as a result McCay was ejected from the vehicle. McCay was transported to a local medical facility by EMS for non life threatening injuries and is said to be recovering.

McCollum was uninjured and has been charged with following too closely.