The Gwinnett Medical Examiner’s office has identified the woman killed in a wreck on I-85 southbound Monday afternoon.
Rabia Adnan, 34, of Duluth, was taken to the hospital where she died from injuries that occurred during the wreck, Gwinnett Chief Forensic Investigator Ted Bailey said.
Adnan was riding in a Nissan Pathfinder with another man and two children when a tractor-trailer changed lanes, forcing the Pathfinder into another lane and into the side of a box truck, Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said.
The SUV left the road at a significant speed and struck a steep hill between I-85 and the interstate ramp at Steve Reynolds Boulevard, flipping over several times, and ejecting Adnan from the front passenger seat, he said.
The children in the car were taken to Children’s at Egleston Pediatric Hospital, accompanied by the man driving the Pathfinder. All three are expected to survive, Smith said.
The box truck driver stopped and cooperated with investigators, but the driver of the tractor-trailer did not, Smith said.
Police and the department’s accident investigation unit located the truck in Cobb County. They were able identified the driver and interviewed him, he said.
The investigation into the wreck is continuing, Smith said.
-Nancy Badertscher and Ben Gray contributed to this article.
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