One dead, over 30 injured in north Georgia bus crash

Oct 13, 2016 - 13:10
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One dead, over 30 injured in north Georgia bus crash
One dead, over 30 injured in north Georgia bus crash

ELLIJAY, GA  - One person is dead and more than 30 are injured after a charter passenger bus and a tractor-trailer collided outside Ellijay, GA.

SR515 was shut down at Whitestone Rd. in response to the crash Thursday afteoon in Pickens County, about 60 miles north of Atlanta.

The bus company involved in the accident, Greatime Getaways, operates out of Marietta, GA. They normally bus passengers to casinos across the southeast.

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