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2 East Point police officers injured in crash
2 East Point police officers were injured in a crash this morning on I-285SB near Camp Creek Parkway after a tractor-trailer plowed into their patrol vehicles while they were working an accident.
ATLANTA - The rain and slick roads are once again resulting in multiple crashes on the various interstates in the metro Atlanta area.
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A multi-vehicle crash, which involved three police vehicles, shut down all lanes of Interstate 285 southbound near Camp Creek Parkway in East Point early Wednesday morning.
The crash was reported shortly before 5 a.m. Drivers were advised to use I-75/I-85S to I-85SB as an alternate route.
According to the East Point Police Department, three of their officers were working an "accident" in the number 1 lane when a tractor-trailer struck their police vehicles.
Two officers were outside their vehicles and one of those officers was struck. Another officer was inside their vehicle when it was struck.
Two officers were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment.
All three vehicles were totaled in the incident, according to EPPD.
Georgia State Patrol is investigating the incident. According to police, tractor-trailers are not authorized to travel in the number 1 lane of 1-285.
Shortly after that crash, a crash blocked two of the right lanes on I-285NB past Northlake Parkway. That crash cleared around 6:18 a.m.
At around 6:30 a.m., it was reported that a crash was blocking the two left lanes on K-75SB at I-285.
And at 6:46 a.m., a crash could be seen blocking the left lane of I-20 EB at Chapel Hill Road in Douglas County.
At 6:50 a.m., SkyFOX Traffic reported a crash on I-75/I-85 near University Avenue that was slowing drivers down.
And about a minute later, a crashed semi was spotted blocking two right lanes on I-75SB before SR-138 in Clayton County.
A crash to the right on I-285NB near Covington Highway in DeKalb County was slowing drivers down around 6:53 a.m.
And all lanes were temporarily blocked around 7 a.m. on I-75SB at SR-138 in Claytonb County while a wrecker removed a vehicle after a crash.
At 7:12 a.m., a crash was reported in Union City on I-85NB before I-285.
In Gwinnett COunty, a crash blocked two right lanes on I-85NB past Hamilton Mill Road at around 7:19 a.m.
Drivers also had to deal with a crash blocking the left lane on I-20WB near Candler Road at around 7:20 a.m. in DeKalb County.