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One person was killed in an early morning accident today. The accident occurred at 1:04, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s office. The report states that a 1992 Saturn pulled onto highway 64 from Welcome Valley Road into the path of an oncoming ambulance.
A helicopter was called to the scene, but the driver died before the chopper arrived, according to reports.
Tennessee Highway Patrol has not released the name of the victim pending notification of next of kin. The wreck occurred west of Parksville Lake in the Ocoee community of Polk County.
(Allan Abernathy)
“Large rocks and blasting have really slowed us down,” said Russell W. Howard, Gilmer County Right of Way Manager. He also said it appears to be about two more weeks before the road will be completed.
The road is closed from approximately 8 am until 3 pm, Monday through Friday. The work will be suspended July 3, for in observance of Independence Day. According to Howard, work will resume Monday, July 6.
(Allan Abernathy)
ATLANTA (AP) – State and federal officials have signed off on 11 sewer and water projects costing $91 million that are designed to improve infrastructure systems throughout Georgia.
Gov. Sonny Perdue said $40.5 million in federal stimulus dollars will help fund five of the projects. He said the investment “creates jobs, promotes economic development and increases our citizens’ quality of life.”
The projects are located in Cobb County, Colquitt County and Gwinnett County, and the cities of Camilla, Hiawassee, Port Wentworth, Portal, Sparta, Stillmore, Valdosta and West Point.
(Associated Press)
A storm swept through Fannin county Thursday afternoon about 2pm, knocking out power throughout the area, according to David Falls, Manager of Tri-State EMC. Falls said the area west of highway 5 seemed to be the hardest hit, especially the Hells Hollow and Mobile sections.
The areas without power also include the Galloway section and Hot House areas, Haymore Road in Mineral Bluff and Aska Road. The problem was caused by trees falling on power lines and damaging power transformers or even breaking power poles, according to Falls.
Falls states that at the onset of the outage, there were approximately 1,500 homes without power. Every available person is working to resolve the power problems.
(Allan Abernathy)