1 taken to hospital after tractor-trailer jackknives on I-85

Paramedics took one person to the hospital after a jackknifed tractor-trailer shut down Interstate 85 for hours Wednesday.

Triple Team Traffic’s Mike Shields first reported the crash just before 9 a.m.

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The Georgia Department of Transportation 511 cameras showed a tractor-trailer jackknifed on the southbound lanes between Clairmont Road and N. Druid Hills Road.

DeKalb Fire spokesman Capt. Jaeson Daniels said the tractor-trailer hit at least one other vehicle. One person was taken to a nearby hospital.

Daniels said the patient’s condition and exact injuries are unclear and which vehicle the driver was in.

All lanes reopened around 10:30 a.m.

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