Southbound lanes of Ga. 400 in Forsyth County have reopened after a tractor-trailer carrying scrap metal overturned, spilling debris across the highway and blocking it for two hours Friday morning.

The crash occurred shortly before 10 a.m. just north of the McFarland Parkway exit, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said minor injuries were reported, but no additional details about the wreck have been released. The truck was overturned across all three lanes for a time.

All southbound traffic was diverted onto Ga. 141 at exit 13. Drivers were urged to avoid the area and use Ga. 9 as an alternate route into Alpharetta.

Traffic started flowing again just before noon.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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