Crime & Safety
Fatal Shooting, Crash Shut Down Downtown Connector
A car carrying a shooting victim to the hospital crashed with a tractor trailer and another car early Wednesday morning.
Atlanta, GA -- The downtown connector was shut down for more than two hours early Wednesday morning after a fatal shooting and car crash.
Police say that a man in a white Mercedes was shot on Fulton Industrial Industrial Boulevard. A woman who was driving the car was taking the man to Grady Memorial Hospital, but their car possibly ran out of gas and stalled in Midtown.
A chain reaction then started, according to the AJC, when a tractor-trailer stopped behind the stalled car, and another driver crashed into the tractor-trailer.
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The man who was shot died on the way to the hospital.
Witnesses told Fox5 Atlanta that a man claiming to be the shooting victim's brother was also involved in the crash.
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All I-75 northbound lanes between Brookwood and Northside drives and a ramp from I-85 southbound to I-75 northbound were closed for several hours, but reopened around 7 am.
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