ATLANTA - Traffic crashes across Georgia over the 102-hour Christmas holiday travel period claimed the lives of 24 people... two of them in the Gainesville area.
The holiday period began Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. and ended at midnight Sunday.
The state patrol says there were more than 3,325 wrecks reported statewide with 868 injuries and the 24 fatalities.
In Troop B, which covers northeast Georgia, the tally was 287 accidents, 84 injuries and the two fatalities... one each in Barrow and Dawson counties. 35 year old Ann Marguerite Overbey of Winder died Friday afternoon in the Barrow County crash and the Dawson County Crash, which occurred Friday morning, took the life of 19 year old Timothy Brian Pettyjohn of Carlton. (See separate stories.)
The Gainesville State Patrol post investigated 71 accidents, with 19 injuries and no fatalities.
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May 10th, 2024
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