Regional Roundup: Four Injured in Police Chase, Winder Highway to be Repaired Thursday, and Help Needed Identifying Remains

– Loganville Patch

Patricia R. Hudson, 52, of Winder, was checked out of  and into the  Monday following a chase and accident on Highway 81 Sunday night.

According to a spokesman from Georgia State Patrol, Trooper John Taylor turned his vehicle around and attempted a traffic stop on a Ford Focus that he had met in a curve northbound on Highway 81 just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday. There was a short pursuit, which ended with the driver leaving the road and overcorrecting before crossing the centerline and hitting an oncoming Kia Sedona head-on. The driver and two passengers - one a 3-year-old child - in the Kia, as well as Hudson, were transported to Walton Regional Medical Center.

Hudson is facing charges of driving under the influence, fleeing and attempting to elude, driving on the wrong side of the road, felony obstruction of an officer, and felony obstruction of EMS. 

-- Dacula Patch

The Georgia Department of Transportation is advising drivers to avoid the stretch of Winder Highway in Dacula damaged .

The accident, which occurred just north of Ga. Highway 316, resulted in Winder Highway being closed for several hours while crews worked to contain leaking fuel and remove the overturned tanker from the roadway.

Cleanup of the spill is expected to continue through tomorrow. Once the cleanup is completed, GDOT will remove the damaged asphalt and repave the entire roadway including the shoulders. The affected section is at least 40 feet wide and 175 feet long. GDOT is mobilizing equipment and materials and expects to begin repairs Thursday if weather permits.

Crews will close one lane of Winder Highway at a time once repairs begin and work is expected to be completed by 4 p.m.

– Marietta Patch

 hope a forensic facial reconstruction will help identify the remains unearthed by construction workers on Scufflegrit Road in 1993.

The victim is a white female born between 1957 and 1962. She was around 5’03” to 5’06” tall and 100 to 120 pounds. The victim was discovered wearing a white halter top, a scarf with an orange and pink diamond print design, a sleeveless tan jacket, elastic band slacks, a 24” strand of white beads with imprinted blue flowers separated by gold-color metal beads and multi-colored bead earrings.