A Walker County man lost his life in a traffic crash on Friday of last week on Highway 27 between Trion and LaFayette in the southern end of Walker County.
The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reported over the weekend that seventy-eight-year-old Thomas Johnny Barrett was driving a Jeep and pulling a trailer while traveling southbound on Highway 27, when he lost control of the vehicle.
Barrett’s Jeep traveled into the northbound lane and was hit by a semi truck, according to the Georgia State Patrol post in LaFayette.
Barrett lost his life and the truck driver was injured.
The accident is still under investigation by the Georgia State Patrol.
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