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Overturned tractor-trailer blocks traffic on Ga. 51 South

Posted 9:20PM on Tuesday 9th October 2018 ( 5 years ago )

HOMER — Traffic on Ga. 51 South between Homer and Lula was impacted for several hours Tuesday afternoon while crews worked to clear an overturned truck.

Banks County Fire/EMS were dispatched at 2:26 p.m. to Ga. 51 South near Ga. 323 for a reported overturned vehicle with injuries, according to Banks County Fire/EMS Chief Steve Nichols.

“Upon arrival they found a tractor-trailer carrying frozen chicken overturned off the roadway,” Nichols said. “No injuries were reported in this accident, but the truck was overturned, and a small fuel leak was present.”

At least one lane of Ga. 51 South was impacted by the clean-up operation for several hours Tuesday.

The wreck happened near Mount Carmel Baptist Church.

Banks County and state officials tend to the site of a tractor-trailer crash on Ga. 51 South near Ga. 323 between Homer and Lula.

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