A passenger died Saturday night after a tire blowout on I-285 set off a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles near the I-75 interchange in Cobb County.
What happened: A 2006 Ford F-150 suffered a tire failure and was disabled on I-285 eastbound at about 10:26 p.m. The disabled truck touched off a series of collisions with three other vehicles traveling in the same direction. The exact sequence is still under investigation.
The victims: A passenger in a 2024 Hyundai Tucson died at the scene. The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced the person dead there. The driver of a 2013 Honda Civic was hurt and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. No one else was hurt…