5 things to know tonight: I-20 West in DeKalb shut down after highway buckles and more stories
1. I-20 West in DeKalb shut down after highway buckles. Two right lanes on I-20 West between Candler and Gresham roads in DeKalb County are open again after a portion of the highway buckled Monday, police said. Authorities are still trying to figure out what caused the buckling. [Read more]
2. Voters' personal data at risk in Cobb theft. State officials are investigating the theft of equipment from a Cobb County precinct manager's car that could make every Georgia voters' personal information vulnerable to theft. The equipment, used to check-in voters at the polls, was stolen Saturday evening, officials said. [Read more]
3. Mom, 2-year-old son strangled in Gwinnett. Police are trying to figure out why a Gwinnett County man strangled a woman and her son. A towel was used in the woman's death and an unknown "offensive object" was used in the toddler's death, according to arrest warrants. [Read more]
4. Both drivers face charges in Downtown connector crash, chemical spill. The truck driver whose big-rig overturned and spilled hazardous material that closed the Downtown Connector for hours Monday should have been driving on I-285, not through the core of the city, officials said. The SUV driver in the crash had an expired license. [Read more]
5. 'God woke me up' says girl who saved family from fire. An 8-year-old Clayton County girl with spina bifida woke up her family in time to save them from a fire, her family said. Tamesha Brittenum was the first to wake up when the family's Forest Park home started to fill with smoke three weeks ago, her mother said. [Read more]
