Multi-Car Interstate Pileup Injures 2 Officers In Metro ATL

EAST POINT, GA — A multi-vehicle crash injured two East Point police officers early Wednesday after a tractor-trailer hit three police cars on Interstate 285 South near Camp Creek Parkway, the Georgia State Patrol said.

The crash happened around 6 a.m. At the time, light showers were pouring into metro Atlanta, dampening the roads.

Officers were responding to an incident, and the three cars were parked near a concrete median wall with their emergency lights on, the GSP said. Two of the three officers were standing outside of their patrol cars, troopers said.

The tractor-trailer was going "too fast for roadway conditions" and did not move over for the police cars before hitting all three cars and the median wall, the GSP said.

The officers' injuries were not life-threatening, the GSP said.

The tractor-trailer driver, who was not identified, was charged on suspicion of too fast for conditions, move over law violation and prohibited lane usage by trucks using multi-lane highways, the GSP said.

The crash shut down I-285 South for about four hours.