Over the past four years, there have been a number of pedestrian deaths in Chattooga County.   The most recent, in November of this year, happened when a man was struck and killed on the Lyerly Highway in the pre-dawn hours the second weekend in November.  That death is still under investigation and as the year closes, no arrests have been made in connection with the fatality. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Austin Ryan Carnes of Lyerly. According to the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, 2022 saw the highest number of pedestrian deaths in Chattooga County in the past five years.  That year, four people lost their lives while walking along Chattooga County’s roadways.  Almost all of the pedestrian deaths recorded in the county over the past five years have happened in the nighttime or early morning hours.  The Georgia DOT says only 18% of the pedestrian fatalities in Georgia happen during daylight hours.