According to the Houston County Sheriff's Office, one person is dead after a two-car accident on Highway 247.

It happened just before 8 this morning, on Old Hawkinsville Road.

Lieutenant Brad Stone of the Houston County Sheriff's Department says the person died on the scene.

The accident blocked Hwy 247 north.

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Crews plan to close specific lanes and shoulders for guardrail on I-75 north and southbound Thursday.

See where those closures will be, according to a GDOT news release.

Houston: I-75 SB, at mile marker 128, 8 a.m. until 10 a.m., single right lane closure and I-75 NB, between mile markers 130 and 131, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., single left lane closure

Peach: I-75 NB, at mile marker 148, 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., single left lane closure

Lamar: I-75 NB, at mile marker 200, 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., right lane closure

Butts: I-75 NB, at mile marker 203, 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., single left lane closure

Henry: I-75 NB, between mile markers 209 and 210, 8 p.m. until midnight, single right lane closure