A crash involving two tractor-trailers blocked all lanes on I-20 West in Villa Rica on Friday, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
One of the tractor-trailers was improperly parked near Exit 24, with the driver sleeping inside the trailer’s sleeper compartment, GSP said in a news release. The other tractor-trailer was planning to turn onto the exit ramp and hit the parked big rig.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
The driver of the tractor-trailer exiting I-20 had to be extricated from the trailer. He was taken to the hospital, GSP said. It’s unclear if the other driver was injured.
Our Skycopter photog Brett Barnhill got this shot of the horrible big rig crash. Still 🚨 RED ALERT - shut down here. Could take hours to clear. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/pmnoBinMLu
— 🔥Fireball Turnbull 🚁 (@DougTurnbull) October 18, 2019
The tractor-trailer that hit the other one had pallets of brake rotors that scattered on the interstate, blocking all lanes, GSP said.
Just before 8 p.m., the Georgia Department of Transportation removed the wreck from it's list of active crashes, meaning the interstate should be reopened.
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