5 things to know: Patient jumps from ambulance, is run over on...

Five things to know Monday, April 18:

1. Lanes reopened after I-75/85 north was shutdown when an angry patient aboard an ambulance jumped from the vehicle and was struck twice and killed this morning. [Lauren Foreman has the details]

2. Prominent GOP political figure Erick Erickson says he has blood clots in his lungs. [Jennifer Brett has the story on Erickson]

3. A war of words is raging after spurned Donald Trump supporters marched out of one of the Georgia's GOP district conventions with Old Glory in tow. [Greg Bluestein has more in his blog]

4. Rookie Mallex Smith's two-out single in the 10th drove in the go-ahead run that helped the Braves beat the Marlins. [David O'Brien is on the Braves beat]

5. It feels like spring now, but it will feel like summer very soon. [Get your Atlanta weather forecast here]

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