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Overturned crash on downtown Atlanta road clogs lunchtime traffic

The crash is blocking all but the right shoulder of the road.
The crash is blocking all but the right shoulder of the road.
Updated Nov 16, 2020

Authorities have cleared a crash involving an overturned vehicle that was blocking a busy highway into downtown Atlanta.

The car turned over on Ga. 166/Langford Parkway eastbound at Sylvan Road just before the lunchtime rush about 11:45 a.m., according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. First responders cleared the wreckage and reopened the road just before 1 p.m.

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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.

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