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Cartersville man killed in wrong-way crash in Cobb County
A Cartersville man died after a wrong-way wreck late Tuesday night in north Cobb County, police said.
Cobb police Sgt. Dana Pierce said the two-car crash happened shortly before midnight on Cobb Parkway near Dallas Acworth Highway.
Pierce said investigators believe Brandon R. Meadors, 41, of Cartersville, was driving a 2003 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck southbound in the the northbound lanes of Cobb Parkway when the pickup collided with a 2009 BMW 335i driven by Michael L. Wilson, 24, of Acworth.
Meadors was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, where he later died, Pierce said.
He said Wilson was taken to Wellstar Kennestone with non-life-threatening injuries.
