1 in critical condition, 3 others injured after Gwinnett wreck

One person was in critical condition and three others were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon after a wreck near Duluth, police said.

Gwinnett County officers were called to Peachtree Industrial Boulevard around 3 p.m. about a two-car crash just north of Sugarloaf Parkway. They found four people injured, one of whom was in critical condition.

ROAD CLOSED 🚧 Northbound lanes of Peachtree Industrial Blvd, north of Sugarloaf Pkwy is completely shutdown due to a serious injury crash.

Gwinnett County Police is on scene investigating the crash which is just outside our jurisdiction. #DPD is handling traffic. #atltraffic pic.twitter.com/xHVGFI81Cp
— Duluth Police Department (@DuluthGaPolice) September 14, 2021

Investigators said one of the vehicles pulled out in front of the other and hit it, causing it to overturn. No other details were available.

A photo taken after the wreck shows a car stopped in the median and a yellow truck being hauled away.

After two hours of traffic being diverted onto Sugarloaf and Vista Point Lane, Peachtree Industrial reopened around 5 p.m.

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