GSP Releases Details of Tuesday Tractor Trailer Accident
The Georgia State Patrol has released details of an accident Tuesday morning in Stephens County.
It occurred just after 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, on the Toccoa By-pass heading in the direction of Toccoa between the Jeanette Jamieson Intersection and the By-pass’s intersection with Georgia Highway 106.
According to the GSP report, a 2015 Mack 600 Feed hauler owned by Fieldale Farms and driven by 50-year-old Jeffery Allen Stephens of Lula was traveling in the right lane when the vehicle went on to the shoulder of the road and struck a guardrail.
The report stated the hauler then overturned and came to an uncontrolled final rest on its right side.
Authorities indicated that Stephens had a possible injury but was not transported.
The By-pass was blocked for a time while the accident scene was cleared, according to authorities.