Coca-Cola makes donation to boost truck driver training in Georgia

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The Technical College System of Georgia says a $1 million donation from Coca-Cola will allow it to add 11 full-time and 2 part-time truck driving instructors. (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

Atlanta-based Coca-Cola is donating a million dollars to bolster commercial truck driving programs at Georgia’s technical colleges.

It comes as the country continues to deal with a shortage of truck drivers.

Greg Dozier, commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia says there have been times in recent years when hundreds of students interested in earning a Commercial Driver’s License, or CDL, have been turned away because the schools just didn’t have enough resources.