A car was left mangled after colliding with a tractor-trailer at the intersection of South Fulton Parkway, Hunter Road and Mason Road in Union City, and investigators are still trying to piece together what happened. Union City police and the Georgia State Patrol are both looking into the crash, though the cause has not yet been released.
According to WSB-TV, a Channel 2 Action News photographer was at the scene and captured video showing the wrecked car, which was left badly damaged in the collision. The station said it had reached out to both the Georgia State Patrol and Union City Police for more information about the wreck, but as of the report, additional details on the circumstances had not been shared.
Drivers Warned to Expect Delays
With the investigation still underway, the station's traffic team said it planned to help commuters navigate around the scene. Triple Team Traffic was set to provide alternate routes around the wreck throughout the morning during Channel 2 Action News This Morning, which started at 4:30 a.m., per the same report.
The crash adds to a string of serious wrecks that have rattled the South Fulton Parkway corridor in recent memory. In one case, a person was killed in a wreck on South Fulton Parkway near Mason Road around 1 a.m. on a Thursday, according to FOX 5 Atlanta, though officials had not shared what led up to that crash or the identity of the victim.
A Corridor With a History of Deadly Wrecks
FOX 5 Atlanta also reported a separate crash late one Tuesday night on nearby Stonewall Tell Road, where a Ford F-150 hit a black sedan as it attempted to turn left onto South Fulton Parkway before striking a MARTA bus head-on. Three people inside the pickup truck were killed, and three additional occupants were transported to Grady Memorial with serious injuries, the station reported.
Another Union City crash drew wider attention when a passenger van carrying adults with special needs crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on a Monday afternoon, killing two people and injuring seven others, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The outlet reported that the tractor-trailer had been stopped in a left lane on Royal Parkway, waiting to turn into a business parking area, when the van, a Ford Transit, slammed head-on into its right bumper, killing the driver and a passenger seated in the second row. Authorities later identified the driver as 33-year-old Aquilla Walker of Riverdale and the passenger who died as 25-year-old Cyprian Sanders of Atlanta.
Residents Have Flagged Truck Traffic Concerns
The frequency of serious collisions near these intersections has not gone unnoticed by residents who live and drive the area daily. At a Union City town hall, attendee Lamecia Eaddy told officials that rising truck traffic on Mason Road near the Majestic Airport Center industrial campus was making northbound left turns onto South Fulton Parkway more difficult and potentially dangerous, according to Fulton Neighbor.
As of now, there is no confirmed cause for Thursday morning's crash involving the car and tractor-trailer, and officials have not released information about injuries or anyone involved. Hoodline will update this story as Union City police and Georgia State Patrol release more details.
