No one was seriously injured, but a Florida man was jailed in Fannin County and held without bond after ramming another car in McCaysville early Wednesday morning, March 29.
Peterson Mauril, 22, of 1102 York Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida, is charged with three felony counts of Aggravated Assault and one misdemeanor count of Aggressive Driving in warrants sworn out by McCaysville Police Officer Pete Kusek.
Fannin County Chief Magistrate Judge Brian Jones denied bond for Mauril.
The incident resulting in the car crash and charges began with the report of a domestic violence situation around 4:20 a.m.
Lieutenant Kevin Cole of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said a 911 call was transferred to Polk County from Fannin County.
Polk County deputies had been dispatched to the area of Airport Road, but the 911 call was dropped while the dispatcher was gathering information. The dispatcher was unable to re-establish contact.
Kusek’s report said he was dispatched at 4:25 a.m. to a traffic crash on Toccoa Avenue with one vehicle on its top. The location was near Toccoa River Tubing Company.
When he arrived, he saw a 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by Mauril on its top on Toccoa Avenue.
Mauril was standing in the roadway bleeding from a laceration above his left eye.
He told Kusek two women and a baby were trapped inside a Kia Sorento that was laying on its side next to a nearby residence.
Kusek’s report said he found Tammy Taylor, 53, Amber Taylor, 17, and Amber Taylor’s six month old son hiding behind the vehicle.
They told Kusek that Mauril was trying to kill them and had rammed their vehicle.
Kusek handcuffed Mauril and placed him in his patrol car.
All four victims were transported to Fannin Regional Hospital where they were treated for minor injuries and released, Kusek’s report said.
Kusek’s report said the Taylors had fled from their residence on Airport Road after Mauril called and said he would shoot and kill Amber Taylor and her family members.
The family was driving toward McCaysville/Copperhill for law enforcement help, and Amber Taylor was on the phone with 911 when the call dropped.
On the way, they passed Mauril who turned around and began chasing them at high speeds.
According to the Georgia State Patrol report of the crash, filed by Trooper Randall White, Mauril was aggressively chasing the Taylor’s 2012 Kia Sorento westbound on Toccoa Avenue, which would have been headed toward McCaysville from the Airport Road area.
Mauril was in the eastbound lane of travel and Taylor was in the westbound lane.
Mauril crossed into the westbound lane and rammed the left rear of the Sorento with the front of his Toyota.
After the impact, the Toyota struck and went up an embankment, rotated counter clockwise, began overturning down the embankment and came to rest on its top in the roadway.
The Kia traveled off the left shoulder of the roadway into the parking lot at 340 Toccoa Avenue. It began rotating clockwise and struck a 1993 Cadillac Deville parked in the parking lot. The Kia then struck a railroad tie, overturned, went through a fence, and traveled to the corner of the house at 332 Toccoa Avenue where it came to rest on its side.
The Cadillac was pushed through the yard of the house.
White’s report listed factors by Mauril contributing to the wreck as reckless driving, aggressive driving, wrong side of the road and driver losing control.
None of the occupants of either vehicle were ejected during the crash.