Two

separate Fayette County traffic accidents last

weekend resulted in injuries serious enough to

require helicopter transport to Atlanta.

According

to authorities, a dump truck ran a red light in

Tyrone shortly before rush hour Friday afternoon

and hit a sport utility vehicle, causing injuries

to all three persons in the SUV.

Peach State Paving dump truck, driven by Gerald

Morgan of Austell, was traveling southbound on

Ga. Highway 74 when the collision occurred.

Three

persons were going east on Tyrone Road in a 1998

Toyota Forerunner when struck by the larger

truck, causing it to roll over into the

northbound lanes of Hwy. 74.

Morgan

was cited by Tyrone police for running a red

light and defective equipment. In addition, he

received citations from the Public Service

Commission for a log book violation and being

overloaded.

Of

the three people in the Toyota, the driver and

front passenger were slightly injured, while the

passenger in the back seat, Jesse Watson, was

transported by Phoenix Aircare of Griffin to

Atlanta Medical Center.

The

other two refused treatment at the scene,

according to a spokesman for the Fayette County

Department of Fire and Emergency Services, but

Tyrone police said they later went to Fayette

Community Hospital on their own.

The

accident came at the worst possible time for

afternoon rush-hour commuters, but police kept

one northbound lane open the entire time and

southbound lanes were not affected, except when

the helicopter landed and took off again.

Elsewhere

in the county, a one-car accident early Saturday

morning took place on the east side of

Fayetteville, near the Clayton County line.

According

to authorities, the vehicle left the roadway at

Ga. Highway 54 and Corinth Road shortly after

4:30 a.m.

Phoenix

Aircare transported the driver, who was the only

person in the vehicle, to Atlanta Medical Center.

Fayetteville Fire Department officials assisted

in securing the helicopter landing zone,

according to fire department officials.

The

crash left a 12-inch vehicle intrusion on the

passenger's side.

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