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A Maysville man received serious injuries in a motorcycle wreck last Wednesday morning and says that a Pit Bull caused him to wreck.

John Skinner broke both arms and has numerous fractures after wrecking on Plainview Road on Wednesday, April 24. He also had a concussion. Skinner is also facing more than $10,000 in medical bills due to his injuries.

Skinner said a Pit Bull, that he believes belongs to a neighbor attacked the front tire of his motorcycle, causing him to flip over the windshield. He added this is not the first time he has had problems with the neighbor’s Pit Bull dogs. There have also been reports filed with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office since the accident occurred.
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Icy conditions across Jackson County led to 27 weather-related accidents Thursday morning, including a fatality in West Jackson.

At 8:21 a.m., units from West Jackson Fire and Rescue and Jackson County EMS responded to 6281 Highway 332 to an auto accident with injuries. They found a vehicle with fire involvement and a trapped victim. The fire was quickly extinguished and a middle age male victim was found to be dead on the scene.

The Georgia State Patrol and the Jackson County Sherriff’s Office is investigating the call. The victim appeared to have been killed due to the accident and was not burned from the related fire, officials reported. No other injuries reported in this accident.

Out of the 27 auto accidents, injuries were involved in eight of the incidents.

“Around 6:30 a.m., we started experiencing icy roads and traffic accidents,” EMS director Steve Nichols said. “From 6:30 a.m. through 10 this morning, we had 27 calls for accidents related to icy roads. They were from all areas of the county not isolated to one spot.”

Nichols said that the roads appear to be clearing now with the rise in the temperature and all are open.

William T. Bryant, 49, Commerce, died in a one-vehicle wreck Saturday night in Talmo.

Bryant was driving on Old State Road when he lost control and struck a tree, according to a report from the Georgia State Patrol.

The North Jackson Fire/Rescue and Jackson County EMS responded to 3210 Old State Road at 9:30 p.m. on a reported auto accident with injuries. Upon arrival of the first units, they found a single vehicle accident involving a Dodge pickup and a tree with three patients trapped inside the vehicle.

North Jackson Rescue quickly extricated the severely trapped patients and Bryant was pronounced dead on the scene from injuries sustained in the accident. The other two patients were transported by Jackson County EMS to North East Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, with non-life threatening injuries. Both were listed in stable condition.

The Georgia State Patrol and the Jackson County Coroner’s Office investigated the incident.