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The truck driver killed Wednesday in a fatal wreck that shutdown northbound lanes of I-85 in Spaghetti Junction for hours has been identified as 33-year-old Corey Hart of Lithia Springs.
One woman is dead after a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 85 southbound Thursday morning.
The accident closed all lanes at Interstate 285 for a couple of hours.
According to preliminary reports, the woman was killed after being struck by her car while examining the car which had been forced into oncoming traffic after striking a guardrail.
Authorities are still investigating this incident.
A MARTA bus and three other vehicles were involved in a Friday morning crash on southbound I-85 in Clayton County, according to GDOT.
A MARTA Police spokesperson said that it initially appears that the bus struck a disabled vehicle on I-85 before the Old National Highway exit. The bus driver was not injured and there were no passengers aboard his vehicle at the time, Harris said.
There is no word on the condition of people in the other vehicles.
The two right lanes of the roadway are affected by the collision, according to GDOT.
The latest wreck on a metro Atlanta freeway system that features names such as Spaghetti Junction, Peach Passes and HOT lanes involved a ham jam.
A truck hauling 40,000 pounds of hams overturned, spilling the cargo onto an interstate ramp south of Atlanta. Authorities were working early Thursday to clear the ramp from Old National Highway to Interstate 85 southbound after the crash around 4 a.m.
The cab of the truck was destroyed in the crash, which also caused a diesel fuel spill.
A pedestrian was struck and killed Tuesday morning on a Gwinnett County interstate ramp.
The incident happened about 6:30 a.m. on the collector/distributor ramp from Ga. 20/Buford Drive to I-85 northbound, Gwinnett police said.
Police said the man, who was possibly homeless, crossed the southbound lanes of the interstate, then the northbound lanes, and was hit while crossing the northbound ramp.
Investigators have a possible identification on the man, but will not release his name until relatives are notified.