Man killed in crash with wrong-way driver on I-20 in DeKalb County
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - One man is dead after a crash involving a reported wrong-way driver early Wednesday morning in DeKalb County
Officials say the two-vehicle crash happened around 3:20 a.m. on I-20 westbound before Wesley Chapel Road.
While police have not given many details about the crash; there say they believe a driver was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes and struck another vehicle head-on.
Medics rushed both drivers to a local hospital, where the driver of the second vehicle died from his injuries.
Officials have not released the name of either driver involved in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.
The wreck caused I-20 West to shut down for hours, causing major delays stretching back to Lithonia Industrial Boulevard. At around 6 a.m., some of the traffic began moving through the area again.
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