Traffic accidents claimed the lives of thirteen people in Georgia over the long holiday weekend. Three of those fatalities occurred in Northeast Georgia.
On Monday, two people were killed in a single-car crash on GA 8 in Hart County. And on Christmas Eve, a Clarkesville man died in a crash on GA 255 near Batesville.
The Georgia Department of Public Safety reports fatal accidents also occurred in Bibb County (3), Forsyth, Dekalb County, Atlanta, Cartersville, Rincon, and in the Augusta area (2).
The long holiday travel period began Friday, December 23, at 6 p.m. and ended Monday, December 26, at 11:59 p.m.
The New Year’s holiday travel period gets underway Friday, December 30, at 6 p.m. and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, January 2, 2023.
Law enforcement will remain out in force throughout the holiday travel periods patrolling the state’s highways. Last year over the Christmas holiday, at least 16 people died on Georgia roads, and authorities arrested 195 drivers for DUI. Law enforcement arrested 254 drivers during the New Year’s holiday for the same offense.
