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Motorist killed in crash with MARTA bus in College Park

By Fran Jeffries
Oct 12, 2014

A motorist was killed Sunday morning after a head-on collision with a MARTA bus in College Park.

The collision occurred around 8:30 a.m., according to MARTA spokesman Lyle Harris. He said the MARTA bus was traveling southbound on Roosevelt Highway near Global Gateway Connector when it was struck head-on by a car travelling northbound. Harris said the Fulton County Medical Examiner pronounced the motorist dead at the scene. Authorities have not yet identified the man who died.

Harris said the bus driver was taken to Grady Medical Center, and three bus passengers were taken to Atlanta Medical Center. All four had non-life threatening injuries, Harris said.

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Fran Jeffries is a Newsletter Producer. She joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2005 as an Education Editor. She worked as a Breaking News Editor and Social Media Producer before joining the Newsletter team.

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