The Brief
- A wrong-way driver suspected of alcohol impairment caused a series of multi-vehicle crashes on I-85 SB near Virginia Avenue Sunday morning.
- Two people were injured and hospitalized at Grady Memorial Hospital after a Dodge Durango traveling north in the southbound lanes hit a Kia Forte head-on.
- Investigators are preparing criminal charges against the wrong-way driver, including DUI and driving on the wrong side of the road.
ATLANTA – A wrong-way driver suspected of being under the influence of alcohol caused a chaotic chain reaction of crashes on I-85 SB near Virginia Avenue early Sunday morning, leaving two motorists hospitalized after a head-on collision.
What we know:
A Georgia Highway Patrol trooper rushed to a multi-vehicle wreck on I-85 SB near Virginia Avenue in Fulton County around 3:46 a.m. Sunday. Preliminary findings show that a Dodge Durango was traveling north in the southbound lanes of the interstate when it was struck by a Kia Forte.…