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TRAFFIC UPDATE: I-20 reopens after police investigation blocked all lanes
Updated Jan 17, 2021
A major interstate in Atlanta has reopened after a police investigation shut it down for more than two hours Sunday afternoon.
The incident happened on I-20 West at Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, police said. Atlanta officers were sent to the area about 1:45 p.m.
Authorities closed all westbound lanes of I-20 while police were on the scene. The interstate was reopened about 4:15 p.m.
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Asia Simone Burns is a breaking news reporter for the AJC. Burns, who was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom, now writes about crime, traffic and weather. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.
