Headed to the airport? Traffic tied up on I-95 near Hardeeville after multiple crashes
Traffic is piling up on I-95 in both directions near Hardeeville as police have responded to multiple crashes Thursday amid a holiday crush of travelers.
As of Thursday afternoon, Lt. Jonah Jenkins with the Hardeeville Police Department said traffic is very heavy on I-95 heading south toward the Georgia state line and the Savannah airport. Heading north, the traffic is slowed.
The most recent crash occurred around 1:40 p.m. Hardeeville officers responded to a two-car crash in the northbound lanes at the 11-mile marker of I-95, Jenkins said. He said injuries were reported.
It’s one of four crashes the agency has responded to since 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The department has gone to the scene of 12 total crashes since 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jenkins said, as traffic continues to pick up for the holidays.
“We see this every year right around this time,” he said.
About 109 million Americans are expected to travel — at least 50 miles by car or by plane — between Dec. 23 and Jan. 2, a yearly AAA travel analysis predicts.
That is nearly a 34% increase from the year prior, the prediction says, when much of the country was isolating because of COVID-19 and without vaccines.
The projected travel increase comes as a new COVID-19 variant spreads rapidly across the country.
