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I-285 plane crash: Traffic being diverted

By Fran Jeffries
May 8, 2015

The plane is down on the eastbound lanes. Authorities are forcing westbound traffic out at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

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Fran Jeffries is a Newsletter Producer. She joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2005 as an Education Editor. She worked as a Breaking News Editor and Social Media Producer before joining the Newsletter team.

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