Yesterday, Atlanta was marked by tragedy as a fatal car accident occurred on I-75 Southbound near Cleveland Ave SW. The Atlanta Police Department Zone 3 officers were called to the scene at about 3:14 a.m., where they discovered a calamitous sight - a Kia Sportage was involved in a single-vehicle crash which ended with the car striking a pole and igniting into flames, as detailed by the APD.
According to the Atlanta Police Department's preliminary investigation, the Kia was maneuvering to exit onto Cleveland Ave. SW when the driver lost control. Resulting in it veering off the road, the vehicle not only hit a pole but also caught fire. While investigators from the Accident Investigations Unit are piecing together the events that led to this harrowing outcome, they have yet to release the identities of the two occupants who were pronounced dead at the scene.
The aftermath of the accident prompted an immediate response from emergency services, but there were no survivors found within the charred remnants of the vehicle. The Accident Investigations Unit, which is tasked with unraveling complex traffic calamities such as this, is on the job, though the Atlanta Police Department reminds the public that their released information is still "preliminary in nature and could change as the investigation progresses or new information comes to light."
