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Friday, August 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Two injured in wreck near Hortense

HORTENSE — An elderly Hortense woman and man were transported to Southeast Georgia Health Center in Brunswick after being involved in an accident on Hwy. 32.

Annie Goss, 85, was driving a 2017 Kia Forte LX eastbound on Hwy. 32 near the intersection of Cumberland Road Sunday, May 18. The vehicle hydroplaned striking a westbound 2011 LGT CONVT F150 truck driven by 25year-old Brandon Purdom of Blackshear at approximately 3:33 p.m.

According to the report of Georgia State Patrol Sergeant First Class Brandon Smith, Goss was traveling east in rainy conditions on Georgia 32 operating a vehicle with slick tires and traveling too fast for conditions.

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