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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A person was hit and killed on I-85 in Gwinnett County Thursday morning.
The accident shut down all southbound lanes for hours, according to Triple Team Traffic, who guided you around the backups all morning on Channel 2 Action News This Morning.
SEVEN miles of backups on I-85 South in Gwinnett after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a car.@MarkArum has alternate routes and @LaurenPozenWSB is on the scene with investigators, now on Channel 2. pic.twitter.com/9TS4zbLqsU
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) November 7, 2019
The interstate was blocked at Boggs Road north of the Ga. 316 interchange. Southbound traffic was diverted off onto the Pleasant Hill Road Exit. All lanes have since reopened.
Multiple police and emergency vehicles responded to the scene.
We're working to learn more information about the victim, for LIVE updates on Channel 2 Action News at Noon.
This is what it is looking like as you are on I-85 south. We are turning around and parking near where the crash is. Live report coming up pic.twitter.com/5JWiZbHDdU
— Lauren Pozen WSB (@LaurenPozenWSB) November 7, 2019
Chelsea Prince, with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this article.
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