CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Officials confirmed that a Georgia State Patrol trooper died after he was hit responding to this crash.
Officials are investigating a crash that left a construction worker dead near an Interstate 75 northbound entrance in Clayton County.
Georgia State Patrol confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the crash happened near Mount Zion Boulevard in Morrow at around 10 p.m. on Monday.
GSP said that a Black Kia traveled into a construction zone, hitting a worker. The worker died from injuries on the scene
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The construction worker who died has not been identified.
There was another crash in that same area at around 12:30 a.m. Channel 2 Action News has reached out to authorities for more information about this crash.
All lanes of I-75 in the area have since reopened.
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