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Cops: 1 dead, 3 injured in crash on I-85; lanes re-opening in Gwinnett

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By Amanda C. Coyne
June 26, 2018

One person is dead and three are hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 85 North in Gwinnett County.

The crash involved a motorcycle, a van and a car, police said. An occupant of the van was killed and three people were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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Northbound traffic was shut down on I-85 near the Indian Trail Lilburn Road exit in the immediate aftermath of the crash. All lanes were re-opened as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.

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Investigators say the man has been arrested more than a dozen times.

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