Two men killed in fiery I-285 crash identified
The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office Monday identified two people who died in a fiery Saturday crash along I-285 near Langford Parkway.
About 1:30 a.m., a northbound tractor-trailer rear-ended a car that was either traveling extremely slow or stopped, police said.
The impact sent the car into the median, where it burst into flames. Two people in the car, identified as Bryant D. Simmons, 41, and Jonathan D. Benn, 22, died at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.
All lanes of I-285 northbound were temporarily closed while crews worked to clear the scene.
No charges have been filed in the crash, which remains under investigation.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
