DeKalb County

13 MARTA passengers injured in head-on collision

MARTA crash on North Hairston Road

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — More than a dozen MARTA passengers were injured when a car collided with a MARTA bus Thursday in DeKalb County.

The accident happened on North Hairston Road at Memorial Drive, MARTA spokeswoman Alisa Jackson said.

Triple Team Traffic's Mark Arum had alternate routes on Channel 2 Action News This Morning.

“Approximately 13 MARTA customers are being transported to local hospitals with non life threatening injuries,” Jackson said in a statement.

The crash is being investigated by DeKalb County Police Department.

Information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was used in this report.