Photos: One westbound lane of I-20 reopened after fiery wreck

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Photos: One westbound lane of I-20 reopened after fiery wreck

Photos: One westbound lane of I-20 reopened after fiery wreck

Authorities have not said if anyone was killed or seriously injured, but one person was flown from the scene shortly after 7 a.m. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

“Initial indications are that it’s a tractor-trailer and some type of bus,” the Georgia State Patrol said in an email. A FedEx truck with tandem trailers was overturned on the right side of the roadway, and the bus overturned and caught fire along the wood line. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The crash happened around 6 a.m. on I-20 westbound near Mile Marker 20 in Carroll County, about four miles west of the Ga. 61 exit. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

All westbound lanes of I-20 in west Georgia were shut down for about three hours Wednesday morning because of a fiery wreck involving a tractor-trailer and a bus, but one lane has now reopened. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Mark Arum in the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center suggested that westbound motorists use U.S. 78 as an alternate. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

A left westbound lane reopened to traffic just before 8:30 a.m., but the Georgia Department of Transportation predicted it would be 10 a.m. before the scene is cleared. Eastbound lanes are open. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Authorities have not said if anyone was killed or seriously injured, but one person was flown from the scene shortly after 7 a.m. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

“Initial indications are that it’s a tractor-trailer and some type of bus,” the Georgia State Patrol said in an email. A FedEx truck with tandem trailers was overturned on the right side of the roadway, and the bus overturned and caught fire along the wood line. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The crash happened around 6 a.m. on I-20 westbound near Mile Marker 20 in Carroll County, about four miles west of the Ga. 61 exit. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

All westbound lanes of I-20 in west Georgia were shut down for about three hours Wednesday morning because of a fiery wreck involving a tractor-trailer and a bus, but one lane has now reopened. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Authorities have not said if anyone was killed or seriously injured, but one person was flown from the scene shortly after 7 a.m. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

“Initial indications are that it’s a tractor-trailer and some type of bus,” the Georgia State Patrol said in an email. A FedEx truck with tandem trailers was overturned on the right side of the roadway, and the bus overturned and caught fire along the wood line. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The crash happened around 6 a.m. on I-20 westbound near Mile Marker 20 in Carroll County, about four miles west of the Ga. 61 exit. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

All westbound lanes of I-20 in west Georgia were shut down for about three hours Wednesday morning because of a fiery wreck involving a tractor-trailer and a bus, but one lane has now reopened. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Authorities have not said if anyone was killed or seriously injured, but one person was flown from the scene shortly after 7 a.m. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

“Initial indications are that it’s a tractor-trailer and some type of bus,” the Georgia State Patrol said in an email. A FedEx truck with tandem trailers was overturned on the right side of the roadway, and the bus overturned and caught fire along the wood line. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The crash happened around 6 a.m. on I-20 westbound near Mile Marker 20 in Carroll County, about four miles west of the Ga. 61 exit. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

All westbound lanes of I-20 in west Georgia were shut down for about three hours Wednesday morning because of a fiery wreck involving a tractor-trailer and a bus, but one lane has now reopened. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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Authorities have not said if anyone was killed or seriously injured, but one person was flown from the scene shortly after 7 a.m. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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