Crime & Safety
Douglasville Child Killed in I-20 Crash
Cobb County police say an GMC Yukon rear-ended the car driven by the child's mother. The mother and another child were sent to the hospital.
One child was killed and a second was injured when the vehicle they were riding in was rear-ended by an SUV on Interstate 20 Wednesday morning, Cobb County police said.
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Mikkiala Green, 23, of Douglasville, was driving a 2002 BMW 530i westbound on I-20 just before Six Flags Parkway at 2:26 a.m. when she was rear-ended by a 2008 GMC Yukon, department spokeswoman Alicia Chilton said.
Green’s 1-year-old child was rushed to Scottish-Rite Hospital for treatment. Green’s 3-year-old child was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Green was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and is in critical condition, according to Chilton. The driver of the GMC, 37-year-old Tyrone Gantt of Austell, was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
This collision remains under investigation, and anyone with information about it is asked to call 770-499-3987.
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