COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A fiery crash shut down all lanes of Interstate 20 eastbound for hours Tuesday morning in Cobb County.
Triple Team Traffic’s Mike Shields says the crash happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday near Riverside Pkwy. Shields reported live on Channel 2 Action News This Morning as the lanes reopened around 5:50 a.m.
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Cobb County police said the crash involved two tractor-trailers. Investigators said the first driver slowed down for construction in the area. The second tractor-trailer driver crashed into the back of it.
Both of them caught on fire. Paramedics took the driver of the rear tractor-trailer to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The other driver also was taken for head and back pain.
Police did not say if the tractor-trailer driver who crashed into the other would be cited.
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