Multivehicle crash traps 1, shuts down I-20 in downtown Atlanta
Rescue crews were called to a five-car pileup on I-20 after one person became trapped inside a vehicle Tuesday night.
The crash happened in the westbound lanes near the Windsor Street exit shortly before 8:30 p.m., fire department officials said on Twitter. It shut down the interstate west of the Downtown Connector for more than an hour.
By 9:45 p.m., the closures were contained to the right lanes of the interstate, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.
The conditions of those involved in the crash were not immediately clear. Neither were the details surrounding the pileup.
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