ATLANTA — At least 12 people have lost their lives while traveling on Georgia’s roads over the Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Period so far.
The Georgia Department of Public Safety tracks the number of fatal crashes across the state over the holidays. The Thanksgiving period runs from Wednesday until Sunday night at 11:59 p.m.
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So, far they say there have been 12 crashes in which someone died, including:
- Two crashes in Cobb County
- Lawrenceville
- Oconee County
- Troup County
- Brooks County
- Toombs County
- Rincon
- Thomasville
- Richmond County
- Dougherty
- City of Forsyth
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Earlier this week, Channel 2′s Michael Doudna went through 2023 data and learned that Thanksgiving was the deadliest day of the year on Georgia’s roads, resulting in 16 people’s deaths.
He also learned that the Tuesday before Thanksgiving in 2023 saw more accidents than any other day of the year with more than 1,500 crashes.
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