Crime & Safety
Car Rear-Ends Garbage Truck; Driver Seriously Injured, Traffic Tied Up
The truck was stopped by heavy traffic when the collision occurred.
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A driver who police said drove into the rear end of a garbage truck was sent to the hospital with serious injuries Monday morning near Dacula.
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Gwinnett Police spokesperson Cpl. Michele Pihera said in an afternoon email that the driver had to be extricated from a Dodge Charger. The driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Pihera said the garbage truck was stopped by heavy traffic on westbound Ga. 316 near Harbins Road around 7:20 a.m., when the Charger collided.
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Westbound Ga. 316 was shut down during the investigation.
No other information was immediately released.
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