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Traffic lights back on after 4-car crash on Conyers highway

This power pole was damaged in a five-car crash in Conyers.
This power pole was damaged in a five-car crash in Conyers.
By Steve Burns
Aug 29, 2018

Power has been restored to traffic lights and businesses on a stretch of Ga. 138 in Conyers about eight hours after a four-car crash took out a utility pole Wednesday, police confirmed to AJC.com.

Live wires were down, according to an alert. A nearby Chick-fil-A and Intown Suites were affected, police said.

Conyers police spokeswoman Kim Lucas said an SUV turned in front of a tractor-trailer, which then veered to avoid a collision. The tractor-trailer took out the power pole and struck two vehicles in the Chick-fil-A parking lot.

Two people complained of minor injuries, she said.

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