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Victim of deadly Atlanta accident was 45-year-old woman, police say

Deadly accident on Windsor St SW

ATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Police Department says they are investigating a deadly accident along Winsor St SW and Interstate 20 eastbound.

The call for the accident came in around 1:40 a.m. Sunday.

According to police, the accident happened around 1:18 a.m., where officers found an unresponsive 45-year-old woman. Medical personnel pronounced her dead at the scene.

Preliminary details from the APD investigation indicate that a Chevrolet Equinox was driving eastbound on I-20 when it exited the road, crossed a section of concrete barriers blocking the on-ramp for Windsor Street and landed on the ramp below.

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A Channel 2 Action News photographer on scene saw one person being transported in an ambulance and multiple APD vehicles blocking the exit ramp.

Police said the driver looked to have been ejected from the vehicle and a passenger was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

APD’s Accident Investigations Unit is still working to determine what caused the accident.

Police did not say if the driver was the woman found at the scene.

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