3 dead, 4 injured in head-on crash with MARTA bus in Union City
Three people are dead and four others are injured after a pickup truck crashed head-on into a MARTA bus in Union City late Tuesday night, according to officials.
The bus and a black sedan were headed south on Stonewall Tell Road, nearing the intersection with South Fulton Parkway, around 11:30 p.m. when a blue Ford F-150 was approaching in the opposite direction, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The sedan then tried to turn left onto South Fulton Parkway but was struck in the rear passenger side by the pickup.
The truck went on to hit the bus head-on, killing three of the truck’s passengers, the GSP said. Three more of its occupants were rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
In a statement, MARTA said the bus driver was not seriously injured but “has the full support of MARTA as they recover from such an event.” No other passengers were aboard the bus, the transportation agency said.
The sedan’s driver drove away before troopers arrived.
Crash investigators believe the truck driver ignored a red traffic light, but no other information on the crash was released.
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