Police: 1 dead after multi-car crash in Clayton County

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — One person is dead after a crash involving five cars on Interstate 75 southbound near the Tara Blvd. exit.

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Clayton County police said the incident happened around 5 a.m. on Sunday.

Police told Channel 2 Action News that one person was dead on the scene after being hit by an unknown car and knocked over the median wall landing in the emergency lane of I-75 northbound.

When they got to the crash, police located one car on its roof, another car had been on fire, and the other three cars involved had visible damages.

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Another driver in the crash was also hit and knocked into the third lane. That driver was transported to a local hospital and is in critical condition.

At this time, the name of the victims has not been released and the crash remains under investigation.

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