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Norcross woman, 85, dead in two-car crash on Buford Highway

By Stephanie Toone
Jan 25, 2016

Ophelia Bryant Bales had pulled out of a CVS, at about 11:50 a.m., when her late-model Cadillac was struck by a small box truck traveling north on Buford Highway, Norcross Police Capt. Bill Grogan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Bales was pronounced dead at the scene, Grogan said.

Motorists should use Peachtree Industrial Boulevard as an alternate route, police said, according to the Channel 2 Action News traffic team.

Check back at AJC.com for updates.

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