Update: Roads now open follow crashes in Walton County on Monday morning

At 12.15 WCFR reports that all roads are now back open

Fully loaded concrete truck overturned spilling its load on Monroe-Jersey Road on Dec. 2, 2024 Photo courtesy of Walton County Fire Rescue

WALTON COUNTY, GA (Dec. 2, 2024) Walton County Sheriff’s Office reported on social media just before 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, that Monroe-Jersey Road was closed between H.D. Atha and Penland Road and Highway 81 was closed at Bay Creek Church Road due to two separate crashes, each involving trucks.

Walton County Fire Rescue reports that there was one non-life-threatening injury reported at the crash on Highway 81.

According to WCFR Assistant Chief Craig League, WCFR responded to the scene of a fully loaded concrete truck that overturned on Monroe-Jersey Road at Brooks Hill Drive, spilling wet concrete in the roadway. Monroe-Jersey Road was closed between H.D. Atha Road and Penland Road.

“No Injuries were reported,” League said, adding just before 11 a.m. that Monroe-Jersey Road remained closed but Highway 81 was back open.

League said the other crash that WCFR had responded to was a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 81 at Bay Creek Church Road involving a Fedex box truck that was overturned. The southbound lane of Highway 81 was shut down for a while but is now back open.



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