Lanes reopen after crash on I-285 in DeKalb

Westbound lanes of I-285 reopened Tuesday just before 2 p.m. after “a major accident” at Moreland Avenue in DeKalb County closed them for nearly four hours, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

A cement truck overturned, blew a tire and hit the freeway median around 10 a.m., DeKalb fire official Kevin Cavanaugh said.

The driver was removed from the truck around noon and taken to a hospital with “minor lacerations to the leg and head,” Cavanaugh said. It took about an hour and 15 minutes to remove him from the truck.