DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — One person was found dead after firefighters extinguished a fire under a bridge near Interstate 85 northbound in DeKalb County Tuesday night.
At 9:30 p.m. DeKalb County police officers responded to I-85 northbound at the Northcrest Road bridge to reports of a vehicle accident.
When they arrived, they found several separate vehicle crashes in the area, with no major injuries reported.
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Police said the accidents appeared to have been caused by drivers looking at a fire under the bridge, off the roadway.
Firefighters extinguished the fire and then found a body. The victim’s age and identity have not been released.
Several lanes of I-85 were closed due to the accidents and the investigation. Engineers with the Georgia Department on Transportation inspected the bridge and determined it was safe to reopen I-85.
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