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One dead, one critical after wreck on Browns Bridge
Browns Bridge Road wreck
A 55-year-old man from Forsyth County, was pronounced dead at the scene after losing control of his vehicle and striking another vehicle at the intersection of Browns Bridge Road and Bethel Road on Tuesday. -Photo by Ben Hendren - photo by For the FCN

One man from Forsyth County has been pronounced dead following a two-vehicle wreck that happened at the intersection of Browns Bridge Road and Bethel Road at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday.

Browns Bridge Road wreck
A 55-year-old man from Forsyth County, was pronounced dead at the scene after losing control of his vehicle and striking another vehicle at the intersection of Browns Bridge Road and Bethel Road on Tuesday. -Photo by Ben Hendren - photo by For the FCN
According to Deputy Phil Alexander, traffic specialist for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Brian Lee Potter, a 55-year-old man from Forsyth County, was pronounced dead at the scene after losing control of his vehicle and striking another vehicle.

A press release from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said that Potter, driving a 2005 Mercedes Benz west on Browns Bridge Road, lost control of his vehicle, crossed over the centerline, “and struck a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox traveling east on Browns Bridge Road.”

The release stated that two other individuals were seriously injured in the wreck.

A male juvenile passenger in the Mercedes Benz was airlifted to a hospital, and is in guarded critical condition.

The driver of the Equinox, a 57-year-old man from Hall County, was taken to a hospital with serious non-life-threatening injuries.

The wreck is currently under investigation by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.    

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