3 people killed in wreck involving semitrailer
by Associated Press
Dec 19, 2012 | 2133 views | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
CARTERSVILLE(AP) — Authorities say a semitrailer slammed into a concrete support pillar, sending a large highway sign into the path of another vehicle, killing a total of three people on an interstate northwest of Atlanta.

State transportation officials say the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 were closed after the wreck early Wednesday morning. Authorities say the crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. in Bartow County, near exit 296 and the intersection of Cassville-White Road.

Georgia State Patrol officials tell WXIA-TV (http://on.11alive.com/UCuwv8) that the wreck started when a northbound semi struck a guardrail, then the support pillar for an overhead sign structure. The truck then rolled onto its side and caught fire.

Authorities say the sign fell and was hit by another semi, whose driver lost control and careened off the highway.

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Information from: WXIA-TV, http://www.11alive.com/
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SKIPPY48
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December 19, 2012
This past Sunday and yesterday I was caught in bumper to bumper traffic between 2 Cartersville exits on I-75 because of two, two car collisions. Thankfully, no one was killed. People are not responsible enough to own and drive automobiles. Everybody knows that automobiles kill people. They should be outlawed and I-75 be turned into a sidewalk. Then we need to build a rapid rail service between Chattanooga and Atlanta. What could possibly go wrong?
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