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November 28, 2003

By Scott Hunter

Albany -- The  high number of accidents that have occured just days before the Thanksgiving  holiday ends shows just how deadly Georgia roads can be.  One car wrecker service says they see a trend when holiday accidents occur. Over several years they have observed that more accidents occur the day after major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas."There is more traffic on the road today because everybody is going back in. It's rainy wet weather and a lot of folks can't drive in wet weather and it just bring on more work.," says T.W Burt of Quality Wrecker service The company says it reported to over 20 car accidents today, that's almost triple the numbers from yesterday. 

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