MARIETTA, Ga. — A crash involving a pair of tractor-trailers, and a passenger car has left one motorist dead in metro Atlanta.
According to a press release published to Facebook, the Marietta Police Department (MPD) is investigating the crash that occurred just before 1:00 a.m. Friday morning, in the middle lanes of Interstate 75 southbound on the bridge over North Marietta Parkway.
Police say the initial on-scene investigation revealed that an unrelated accident had occurred a few hours prior that had all southbound lanes shut down. While southbound traffic was stopped, a tractor-trailer being operated by 29-year-old Mayki Marcelin, of Davenport, Fla. was stopped with surrounding traffic on the bridge over North Marietta Parkway.
When the roadway was reopened, Marcelin remained stationary as other traffic began to flow. Another tractor-trailer being operated by 35-year-old Daniel Granados, of Ft Lauderdale, Fla., was southbound in the same lane as the stopped tractor-trailer and swerved to miss it, grazing the side of it while passing it on the left side.
A white Volkswagen was also southbound approaching the bridge being operated by 47-year-old Gordon Fields of Marietta. Fields drove into the back of the stopped tractor-trailer, according to police.
Marietta police said Fields did not survive the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The drivers of both tractor-trailers stayed on scene and are cooperating with the investigation,” MPD stated.
The investigation is ongoing and no charges have been taken at this time.
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