EAST POINT, Ga. —
Authorities say a ladder in the road is suspected of causing multi-vehicle crash that left one person dead and two injured on a metro Atlanta freeway.
Police say the accident happened Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 285 in East Point, just south of Atlanta.
The four-vehicle wreck, which included a jackknifed semitrailer, blocked all lanes of I-285 northbound at Washington Road for a time.
East Point police Lt. Cliff Chandler tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/XGrieI) that authorities believe the ladder fell from an unknown vehicle on I-285. He said the first vehicle hit the ladder and was disabled, and then that vehicle was struck by the others, including the semi.
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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com
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