{"id":204196,"date":"2024-08-26T08:41:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=204196"},"modified":"2024-08-26T08:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:41:25","slug":"28-year-old-killed-in-collision-with-tractor-trailer-on-i-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=204196","title":{"rendered":"28-Year-Old Killed in Collision With Tractor Trailer on I-75"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A tragic collision on I-75 southbound in Cobb County early Saturday morning resulted in the death of a woman and left another seriously injured. The crash occurred around 2:27 a.m. on August 24 just north of Delk Road in Marietta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Details:<\/strong> The crash involved a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia truck towing two trailers, driven by 46-year-old LaForest Williamson from Columbia, South Carolina. The Freightliner was traveling in the fourth lane from the left when it slowed due to traffic. A blue 2009 Nissan Altima, driven by a 21-year-old from Stone Mountain, was following behind the truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police, the Nissan collided with the rear of the second trailer, causing the Nissan to spin counterclockwise and come to a stop straddling the fourth and fifth lanes. The driver of the Nissan sustained serious injuries and was transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital for treatment. Her passenger, a 28-year-old Jonesboro resident died from her injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By The Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1<\/strong> fatality: Passenger Anetrya Johnson, 28, of Jonesboro, was pronounced dead after being transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1<\/strong> injury: The driver of the Nissan, remains hospitalized with serious injuries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1<\/strong> uninjured: Williamson, the driver of the Freightliner, was not injured in the collision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next:<\/strong> Anyone with information about the crash is encouraged to contact the Cobb County Police Department at 770-499-3987. As the investigation continues, further details may emerge, shedding light on what led to this fatal accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic collision on I-75 southbound in Cobb County early Saturday morning resulted in the death of a woman and left another seriously injured. The crash occurred around 2:27 a.m. on August 24 just north of Delk Road in Marietta. The Details: The crash involved a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia truck towing two trailers, driven by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[8592,14432],"class_list":["post-204196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-i-75","tag-tractor-trailer","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}