316 East closed at McNutt Creek Monday evening due to trailer/car wreck

316 eastbound at McNutt Creek is closed at this time due to a serious wreck. Expect it to be closed for an extended amount of time. The wreck at 316/McNutt Creek Road involves a big rig and a passenger car. The passenger car is trapped under the trailer, and we have not been able to get into the car. We are trying to get equipment to the scene to get the trailer off of the car.

The tag on the car does not come back to the immediate Oconee area. As we have not been able to get into the car, we have not been able to make any identifications or even determine how many people are inside of it.

Expect the road to be closed for a considerable period of time.

The trailer involved in the wreck earlier tonight at 316/McNutt Creek is loaded with huge spools of paper. They are having to be off loaded. Once empty, the trailer will have to be loaded onto something else to move it from the scene due to the damage.

Until the trailer is removed, we can't recover the occupants of the vehicle. They did not survive the wreck.

As we stated earlier, the tag on the vehicle does not come back to an immediately local address. At this time, we have not been able to access the vehicle to make identifications. As such, notifications to families has not been possible.

The Georgia State Patrol is handling the investigation.