Two dead in Cobb County wreck

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Two people died in the wreck, which happened before 4:30 a.m. in the 5600 block of Austell Road, between Veterans Memorial Highway and Perkerson Mill Road. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

A major south Cobb County thoroughfare has reopened after being shut down during the early part of Wednesday’s morning commute while authorities investigated a fatal predawn wreck. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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Two people died in the wreck, which happened before 4:30 a.m. in the 5600 block of Austell Road, between Veterans Memorial Highway and Perkerson Mill Road. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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