Crime & Safety
Tractor-Trailer Kills Metro Atlanta Mother, Injures Baby In Disabled Car: Reports
A woman whose car broke down on I-675 near Anvil Block Road in metro Atlanta was fatally hit by a swerving tractor-trailer Thursday night.
CLAYTON COUNTY, GA — A woman is dead and her baby is in the hospital after a tractor-trailer lost control and crashed into the family who was standing next to their broken down vehicle, according to multiple reports.
Clayton County police charged the tractor-trailer driver with vehicular homicide and failure to maintain lane, WSB-TV reported. The incident happened shortly before 10:20 p.m. Thursday along Interstate 675 on the northbound side of I-675 near Anvil Block Road.
According to WAGA-TV, the woman was standing outside when she was fatally hit by the tractor-trailer. The truck was seen by witnesses swerving before the crash, the news station reported.
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The identities of the victim or truck driver have not been released by police.
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