Crime & Safety
1 Killed In Early Morning Crash On I-285: Cobb Police
One person died in a car wreck on Interstate 285 at Cobb Parkway that stopped traffic for at least four hours early Friday morning.
COBB COUNTY, GA — A fatal car crash blocked all lanes of Interstate 285 northbound for at least four hours early Friday morning, Cobb County Police Department officials said.
Cobb police investigators said a Tesla was headed east on I-285 around 4:30 a.m., approaching the exit to Cobb Parkway, when the driver — Vivek Iyer, 29, of Atlanta — lost control of the car and collided with the median retaining barrier.
Iyer's car, the Tesla, landed sideways across the travel lanes of I-285, and Iyer got out of the car and started to run when a Dodge Ram hit the right side of the Tesla, and a Toyota Rav4 hit the back of the Dodge.
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Due to the impact of the crash, the Toyota was redirected north and hit Iyer. He was fatally injured and pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the Dodge Ram, 47-year-old Steven Fountain of Rockmart, and the driver of the Toyota, 32-year-old Larry Milledge of College Park, were not injured.
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Cobb County police are still investigating the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call 770-499-3987.
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