TWIGGS COUNTY, Georgia — One person is dead after a U-Haul collided with a tractor-trailer on I-16 in Twiggs County.
It happened this morning between exits 12 and 18, that is between Bullard Road and Sgoda Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, a tractor-trailer had blown tire.
The driver was asleep and waiting on a service truck. He deployed his triangles behind the truck. A U-Haul traveling westbound on I-16 and failed to maintain its lane and hit the left rear of the truck. T
he U-Haul flipped over and caught on fire. The driver of the U-Haul died from their injuries. Next of kin has not been notified as they have not been able to identify the driver.
Chief Deputy Buddy Long with the Twigg's County Sheriff's Office said they do not believe the driver is from Central Georgia.
Lanes on I-16 West were closed for several hours but has since reopened.
13WMAZ will provide updates when they are made available.
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