I-85 News Reports in Georgia

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LAVONIA, GA (FOX Carolina) - The Georgia Department of Transportation said a crash has caused all lanes to shut down in Lavonia on Friday morning. Officials said the crash was reported just after 8 ... Read More

An Indian-origin woman, Sonal Nandkishor Patel, received a seven-year prison sentence for vehicular homicide and DUI. She caused a fatal crash on I-85 in Georgia, killing Omar Ortiz, a young father ... Read More

Sonal Patel has been sentenced to seven years in prison for causing a crash that killed Omar Ortiz on Interstate 85 in Gwinnett County. Read More

A crash is blocking several lanes of I-85 South in DeKalb County early Friday. It's an overturned tractor-trailer, the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center reports. The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. before ... Read More

Four lanes were closed along I-85 southbound at Shallowford Road. At least one lane on the northbound side near Clairmont Road was blocked off as well. All lanes have since reopened. Officials have ... Read More

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - All lanes are blocked on I-85 southbound before Clairmont Road (exit 91) on Wednesday morning after a multiple vehicle crash, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation ... Read More

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - An alleged DUI driver was arrested earlier this month after driving the wrong way on Interstate 85 in Coweta County, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Around 12:04 a.m. on ... Read More

A crash has shut down all lanes of Interstate 75 / 85 northbound in Atlanta. Triple Team Traffic Mike Shields reports the crash happened before 4 a.m. at Langford Parkway. It's unclear how long the ... Read More

An off-duty Atlanta officer was involved in a car crash overnight on Interstate 85, according to police. The crash happened on the northbound I-85 Expressway NE and Lenox Road NE just after 3 a.m. No ... Read More

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The five teens were killed in a 37-foot fall off the Route 316 skyway ramp to I-85, police said at the time. Emanuel Esfahani was the driver of the other car. Read More

Fulton County dispatch reports about eight vehicles crashed, causing the whole freeway to shut down for several minutes. Read More

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Emanuel Rene Esfahani was arrested on Sept. 26, 2023, just 22 days after the deadly crash along State Route 316 at the merge onto Interstate 85 southbound. According to investigators, two vehicles ... Read More

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - A crash on I-85 South in Union City is causing delays early Monday morning. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, it has one right lane blocked at Flat Shoals ... Read More

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OPELIKA, Ala. (WRBL) - An Opelika Police officer is recovering after his patrol vehicle was hit by another car early Tuesday morning on Interstate 85. According to investigators, the crash happened ... Read More