Traffic flowing again on I-85 SB

Traffic is once again moving southbound on I-85 in northeast Georgia in the aftermath of this morning’s fatal accident.  Just after 5:30 this morning, according to the Georgia state patrol, a box truck and a tractor-trailer truck were involved in an accident at mile marker 172 on 85 southbound.  A passenger in the box truck was reported to have been pronounced dead at the scene. According to a preliminary report from the Hartwell post of the Georgia patrol, at the time of the accident the tractor-trailer was broken down at MM 172 and parked in the west side emergency lane.  Two other people were reported hurt and taken to a hospital. In the aftermath, other accidents were reported, but those details are not yet available.  For a time, southbound traffic was detoured off 85 at exit 177 onto highway 59 through Lavonia.