Spelman student charged in wrong-way DUI crash that shut down I-75/I-85

A Spelman College student is facing charges after she was involved in a wrong-way crash on Friday morning that left one person with serious injuries .

The crash happened around 3:20 a.m. on I-75/I-85 near the North Avenue exit and left the interstate closed for several hours. A trooper spotted a 2012 Mercedes-Benz heading north in the southbound HOV lane.

The trooper tried to stop the driver, who was identified as 20-year-old Addison Thornton, but the trooper said she already crashed her car into a 2018 Buick Encore…

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