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Atlanta Police said Jorge Solis had been drinking and drove in the wrong direction on Interstate 75 south. His F-350 crashed into a passenger sedan with two adults and three children as occupants. Michael Furlow, 49, and two of the children died.
At about 4:45 a.m. on Interstate 20, just west of Highway 5, a car veered off of the highway and struck the back of a tractor-trailer that was stopped on the shoulder. The driver of the car, a 23-year-old man, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment. Torre L. Brown, 27, died at the scene. Marijuana and alcohol were found at the scene, according to police. The westbound lanes of the expressway were closed for several hours while authorities investigated.
Erica Mondor and her friend Autumn Miller were driving with two children in their vehicle when they crashed on Holcomb Bridge Road. Both women admitted to taken heroin, and hypodermic needles and drug related objects were found in the car. At the scene of the crash, Mondor and Miller were found unresponsive but the children were alert and secured properly in the car. Mondor is charged with DUI, two counts of child endangerment, reckless conduct, drug possession and failure to maintain lane. Miller is charged with drug possession and possession of drug-related objects.