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Truck collision causes traffic backup on 144
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This beer truck is pulled from a ditch along Hwy. 144 on Friday afternoon after it collided with a lumber truck heading in the opposite direction. (Crissie Elrick)
Crissie Elric
Bryan County News
Updated: Sep 23, 2011, 8:58 PM
Published: Sep 23, 2011, 9:02 PM

A Friday afternoon crash on Hwy. 144 near Strathy Hall Drive backed up traffic for miles in both directions after a beer truck and a lumber delivery truck collided.

According to Bryan County Sheriff’s Patrol Capt. Mike Maxwell, Jose Lewis was driving a Miller Lite beer truck and traveling westbound on Hwy. 144 around 2:30 p.m. when the left front tire of an eastbound Choo-Choo Built It Mart lumber delivery truck blew out, causing the two to sideswipe each other.

Mikel Maney, the driver of the lumber delivery truck, said he clipped the beer truck then went across the road into a ditch and then plowed through Mike Hildebrandt’s back yard fence. Maney said he was headed to Fort McAllister Road to drop off a lumber delivery.

Both Lewis and Maney walked away from the smash with only minor scrapes and brusies.

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Nuclear plant's safety discussed at meeting
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Plant Hatch is near Baxley and north Bryan County is in its evacuation zone. - photo by File photo
Special to the News
Updated: Apr 19, 2018, 5:00 PM
Published: Apr 19, 2018, 3:40 PM
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Hatch Nuclear Power Plant during an open house from 4-6 p.m. April 24 in Room 171 of the Southeastern Technical College, 3001 East First St., Vidalia. The two-unit Hatch plant is located near Baxley, about 20 miles south of Vidalia, and is operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. NRC employees responsible for plant inspections, including the resident inspectors based full-time at the site, will be available to discuss its performance.
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