Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:03 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:03:02 GMT
Paramedics tell us they're amazed no one was seriously hurt in a rush hour crash just outside Albany Monday evening. The driver of a pickup truck lost control on Philema Road just before 5:00. The truckMore >>
The driver of a pickup truck and his passenger walk away from the mangled wreckage after a crash.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:02 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:02:59 GMT
An unusual wreck on Albany's bypass Monday night left the highway littered with yard debris. About 9:30, a car collided with a trailer that was hauling tree limbs on the Liberty Expressway between theMore >>
Wrecked cars and yard debris slow traffic on Albany's bypass.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:45:07 GMT
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run. Police arrested 19-year-old Darren Huntley over the weekend in Waycross. 22-year-old DominiqueMore >>
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:37 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:37:21 GMT
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce. Nursing students at Georgia Southwestern asked business students to help them prepare for their job searches. HumanMore >>
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:28:47 GMT
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do. An EF-3 tornado roared through Americus six years ago. It killed two people and destroyed Sumter Regional Hospital andMore >>
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do.More >>
November 20, 2006
Albany -- South Georgia drivers need to buckle up, because the annual Click It or Ticket Program swung into full gear Monday.
Dougherty County Police and their HEAT Patrol were doing special road checks, specifically looking for seat belt violators.
Nationwide more than half of all people killed in traffic crashes during last year's Thanksgiving Holiday weekend were not wearing their safety belt.
Dougherty County Police say they want everyone wearing their seatbelt during the heavily traveled Thanksgiving week. Lt. Tom Jackson said "the biggest thing we are trying to stress is get the seat belt usage up. It's not about how many tickets we can write, but how many lives we can save. And seat belts save lives. "
Dougherty County Police say they will be running seat belt checks until December Third.
Last year during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend in Georgia, 17 people died in car crashes, and police say failure to use seat belts was a major contributing factor in most.
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