Tractor trailer driver drives down wrong way on I-85 in Troup County causing fatal crash
An investigation is underway after a driver who was operating a tractor trailer was driving north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 85 near the KIA exit in Troup County causing a fatal crash.
The driver of the tractor trailer crashed into another tractor trailer, and then went into the median and went back into the southbound lanes striking a third vehicle. One person died and multiple injuries were reported.
Troup County Coroner Erin Hackley confirmed to News 2, the driver of the wrong way tractor trailer died. He was identified as a 33-year-old Jeremy Hullaby of Baton Rouge, La.
Georgia State Patrol was on scene into the morning hours of Monday.
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