ATLANTA — Authorities say a driver speeding the wrong way on I-20 in Atlanta was one of two people killed in a crash early Sunday.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution cites an incident report in which investigators say a Nissan Sentra was traveling westbound on I-20 eastbound shortly after 2 a.m. when it struck a white Hyundai Sonata head-on. The crash happened near the Hamilton E. Holmes Exit.
“Both drivers died at the scene of the crash, which closed the eastbound lanes for several hours,” The AJC’s Alexis Stevens reports.
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Police said that a passenger in the Hyundai was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified that drivers as Cyrus L. Williams, 33, of Atlanta and Denise L. Watkins, 32, of Fairburn.
“Details were not publicly released on who was driving which vehicle,” Stevens writes.
Traffic was rerouted to the H.E. Holmes exit while I-20 EB is shut down. According to GDOT, the road was reopened around 6 a.m. Sunday.
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