Two traffic fatalities reported in Augusta, including pedestrian death

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Richmond County authorities are handling two traffic deaths Friday, Jan. 6 in unrelated incidents.

Details are limited, but the traffic division answered a call to the 3700 block of Peach Orchard Road and Byrd Road with a fatal accident. A press release at 8:49 p.m. Friday asked drivers to seek alternative routes.

At 6:48 p.m. Friday, the traffic division responded to the 3300 block of Mike Padgett Highway for a fatality accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian. The pedestrian died.

“The scene has been cleared and no further information is available,” a sheriff’s press release said at 10:19 p.m.

The names of the deceased were withheld pending notification of kin, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Kenneth Boose Sr.

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