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1 taken to hospital after MARTA bus, car crash in Midtown
One person in a passenger car was taken to a hospital after crashing into a MARTA bus on Peachtree Street, according to authorities.
By Chelsea Prince
Feb 1, 2021Five people were injured when a MARTA bus collided with a passenger car Monday morning in Midtown Atlanta.
The crash temporarily shut down multiple southbound lanes of Peachtree Street near the Buford-Spring Connector. Four people on the MARTA bus claimed injury and were checked out on scene, according to the transit agency.
One person in the car was taken to a hospital, and their condition is unknown.
MARTA and Atlanta police are still investigating the crash.
Authorities cleared the scene and the lanes were reopened by 7:30 a.m.
The accident is still under investigation, MARTA spokeswoman Stephany Fisher told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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