Holiday season deadly on roadways in Georgia

Holiday season deadly on roadways in Georgia

Events, but it's not stopping car wrecks.

News 12's dorothy sherman takes a look at how deadly the roads in georgia have been lately.

Dsherman@wdef.com/dorothy sherman: "you might think that the covid pandemic might be slowing down fatal traffic crashes, with possibly less people going places, but that's just not been the case statewide in georgia."

In dade county and on morgan road off highway 11 sits this car with a crushed back end.

Tuesday afternoon, authorities say that this car was hit by a norfolk southern train.

Dade county sheriff ray cross: "we talked with the driver, georgia state patrol did and he said that he stopped at the stop sign, but he didn't see the train."

The front of the train stretched about a mile down the road where from where it happened.

Dade county sheriff ray cross: "trains cannot stop on a dime and people need to understand that if you're trying to beat a train it's not worth the few minutes you have to sit and wait versus your life."

According to dade county sheriff ray cross, there were no serious injuries.

They're are lucky to be alive, while other crashes lately have not turned out that way.

During the holiday season, traffic crashes typically increase, and this season it's been deadly.

Over the christmas holiday period, the 24th through the 27th, 20 people were killed in crashes across the state.

Over thanksgiving, november 25th through the 29th, 24 people were killed.

And, there's still new years to go.

Georgia state patrol sgt.

1st class jason buckner: "the biggest thing about new years is duis, driving under the influence.

The best thing they can do is have a designated driver that does not drink, not just drinks a little, but does not drink.

We also want everybody to buckle up and do the speed limit."

The georgia state patrol is also asking people to put their cell phones down.

Georgia state patrol sgt.

1st class jason buckner: "that's a big thing.

People want to be in contact constantly with family and since they can't see them right now with covid, you're seeing a lot more people talking on the phone and using facetime."

Dsherman@wdef.com/dorothy sherman: "one other thing to add, according to the georgia state patrol, they and other agences do normally increase patrols during this time of the year.

Dorothy sherman, news 12 now."