A couple of early morning crashes made a mess of things Thursday on I-85 in Gwinnett County.
Before dawn, a crash shut down the southbound lanes at Pleasantdale Road as authorities investigated. A second crash then occurred in the backups, shutting down all lanes but the high-occupancy travel lane at Pleasant Hill Road.
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Both crashes cleared and the interstate reopened shortly before 6:30 a.m., but the damage to the Thursday morning drive was done. The trip from Ga. 316 to I-285 was just under an hour at 7 a.m., according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.
Few details have been released about either crash. The wreck at Pleasantdale Road was first reported about 4 a.m. and involved a tractor-trailer, backing up southbound traffic all the way into Duluth. Motorists were being diverted off the interstate at Jimmy Carter Boulevard during the investigation.
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The second crash, reported by the Traffic Center at about 6 a.m., involved three vehicles at Pleasant Hill Road as traffic backed up. One of those vehicles overturned.
No information about injuries was released.
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