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Authorities say a 49-year-old woman was killed Thursday when the car she was driving crashed on Interstate 85 in Opelika.
The Lee County coroner pronounced Terrie Cherie Reed of LaFayette, Ala., dead of multiple injuries after the one-car wreck.
Reed was heading north around 10:37 a.m. Thursday, when the 1995 Chevy Lumina left the highway and overturned.
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.