One person was killed Friday in a wreck and truck fire in Forsyth County near the Hall County line.
According to the state Department of Transportation, the crash happened before 10:30 a.m. on Ga. 53 near Dogwood Path, on the bridge over Lake Lanier.
The crash involved a head-on collision between an SUV and a box truck, and the truck was on fire, said Capt. Jason Shivers with the Forsyth County Fire Department. Ga. 53 was expected to be closed for several hours while the wreck is cleared and investigated.
The crash happened about a mile from where a Gainesville woman was killed in a Monday afternoon collision on Ga. 53 at Truman Mountain Road. It was not immediately known whether the deceased person was in the SUV or the truck.
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