Holiday Traffic Count Released from Georgia State Patrol

Holiday traffic count for the fourth of July has been released from the Georgia Department of Public Safety, and the Georgia State Patrol.

According to the Georgia State Patrol, there were a total of 9 fatalities reported across the state of Georgia, 5 reports from Georgia State Patrol, and 4 from local agencies. Locally, there was a single fatality, that being reported from the Toccoa post, which represents Rabun, Habersham, and Stephens Counties. The fatality was reported in Habersham County, when 33-year old Jeffery Jerry Jones of Gillsville was pronounced dead at the scene of his motorcycle crash in Clarkesville on Saturday.

The traffic numbers are from 6 p.m. on Friday, July 1, to midnight on Monday, July 4.