Sheriff: Person killed while clearing tree fallen on Bemiss Road

Published 3:49 pm Wednesday, August 30, 2023

VALDOSTA – One fatality has been reported as a result of Hurricane Idalia.

A person was killed and a second person seriously injured Wednesday when people were cutting up a fallen tree blocking Bemiss Road, Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said.

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A second tree fell on them while they were cutting the first tree, the sheriff said.