HELEN - White County authorities say the tractor-trailer truck that wrecked in the northern part of the county Monday afternoon was hauling scrap metal. <br />
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The single-vehicle accident involved the tractor-trailer overturning, causing a six-hour closure of Georgia Highway 75 north of Helen. <br />
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White County Chief Deputy Bob Ingram said Tuesday the accident, reported around 3:30 p.m. Monday, occurred in a sharp curve one mile north of Andrews Cove. <br />
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Ingram said the driver was negotiating a curve when he lost control. <br />
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The highway was shut down for more than six hours while authorities investigated the accident and crews cleared up the spilled scrap metal and uprighted the truck and trailer.<br />
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White County 9-1-1 dispatch said the road was reopened around 10 p.m. Monday.
White County officials report a happy ending to an incident involving a third grade student at White County Intermediate School. The student was placed on the wrong bus and got off at the wrong location late Tuesday and was the object of a small search.
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to overturn a judge's decision to not move his upcoming trial out of state.
A 22-year-old man shot two people who stopped to give him a ride on Interstate 85 in South Carolina on Christmas Eve because he wanted their car to drive to Georgia, a sheriff said Wednesday.
White County's land use plan is scheduled to take effect Wednesday. The county commission took a second reading vote on different aspects of the regulation Monday.
There is some activity on the proposed site of the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Cleveland, but company officials are not providing information about the new facility.
Georgia Department of Transportation has announced a traffic shift on State Route 115 at Tesnatee Valley Gap Road west of Cleveland on Tuesday, if weather permits.
