Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023–12:24 p.m.

GEORGIA STATE PATROL

One person was killed in a two-vehicle wreck on New Year’s Eve morning on I-75 near Emerson in Bartow County.

According to the Georgia State Patrol:

A Ford F-250 pulling a camper was parked on the shoulder of the #285 southbound entrance ramp. The driver was outside his truck, checking on the camper when a GMC truck traveled onto the right shoulder, striking the left side of the camper, the driver, and the F-250.

After impact, the GMC continued traveling south, traveling over the median on Red Top Mountain Road before coming to a stop on the left shoulder entrance ramp.

The driver of the Ford, 56-year-old William Riley of Tallahassee, Florida was killed.  

The driver of the GMC was placed under arrest for DUI and other related traffic charges.