ATLANTA — A fiery crash between a train and a semi-truck shut down MARTA and part of a busy area of Atlanta’s westside.
Atlanta Fire Rescue said the wreck happened around 3:45 a.m. along Lee and Sparks streets.
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That is close to Lee & White and the Westside Trail of the Atlanta Beltline.
Atlanta Fire Rescue said the semi-truck caught fire after the impact but has since been extinguished.
Emergency crews said it appears no one was injured in the crash, but the driver of the semi-truck is nowhere to be found.
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“We’re assuming the driver is no longer on the scene,” Captain Andrew Anderson with Atlanta Fire Rescue said.
MARTA rail runs above the intersection where the crash happened and is currently shut down in that area.
“There is some heat that made contact with the support system of the rail. It looks like everything’s going to be fine, just some very light heat. But as a precaution, MARTA is taking the time out to make sure everything’s safe,” Anderson said.
In a post on social media, MARTA said it was providing a bus bridge to help passengers get to their destinations.
“Trains will not continue north or southbound from Oakland to West End. Bus bridge has been requested from the following stations until further notice: Lakewood, Oakland City, West End, and Garnett Stations,” the transit agency said.
AFR also said there was nothing hazardous on the train or the semi-truck. However, one of our photographers shot images of hundreds of Amazon packages thrown along the tracks from the impact.
Triple Team Traffic’s Mike Sheikds says your best alternate routes around the wreck are Northside Drive, I-75/85, or Cascade Avenue.