Crime & Safety

2 Dead, Driver Injured After Car Crosses Median In Smyrna

Police said a car left the roadway, crossed a grassy median and went into southbound traffic before being hit by another car.

Two people died, and another person is injured, in a crash Tuesday at South Cobb Drive and South Cobb Industrial Boulevard.
Two people died, and another person is injured, in a crash Tuesday at South Cobb Drive and South Cobb Industrial Boulevard. (Patch Graphic)

SMYRNA, GA — Two people died, and another person was injured, in a crash Tuesday at South Cobb Drive and South Cobb Industrial Boulevard, Smyrna Police said.

The deadly crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. Police said two people were in an unidentified vehicle that left the northbound roadway and crossed a grassy median into the southbound traffic at South Cobb.

The vehicle was then hit by another vehicle that was heading south, police said.

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The driver and passenger of the first vehicle died at the scene, police said. They were not identified.

Police said the driver of the second vehicle suffered minor injuries.

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