According to reports from WSB radio AM 750 Atlanta, 3 or 4 18 wheelers involved in a major crash on the west side @ Cascade Road . This is a heavily travelled route especially for south bound I-75 traffic going to Florida . As I heard the reports ....a UPS mechanic was killed while working on a broken- down unit. We'll have more details soon.
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Multi-Truck Crash Shuts Down I-285; One Killed
POSTED: 5:48 am EDT June 7, 2006
UPDATED: 6:43 am EDT June 7, 2006
FULTON COUNTY -- A fatal accident involving four trucks shut down I-285 southbound near Cascade Road early Wednesday morning.
Police say a mechanic working on a stalled UPS truck was killed when a tractor trailer slammed into the back of a third truck setting off a chain reaction.
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POSTED: 5:48 am EDT June 7, 2006
UPDATED: 6:43 am EDT June 7, 2006
FULTON COUNTY -- A fatal accident involving four trucks shut down I-285 southbound near Cascade Road early Wednesday morning.
Police say a mechanic working on a stalled UPS truck was killed when a tractor trailer slammed into the back of a third truck setting off a chain reaction.
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Mike01 said:
Randy G. was a member of Teamsters Local 728 in ATL and was a mechanic at the ATL Hub. His Daughter just started college and he has a younger son. Randy was 47 years old.
It was said a lady driving a Crete truck was driving and fell asleep and ran off the road where Randy was under the UPS feeder tuck fixing a broken air valve and never knew what hit him. The feeder truck was pushed in the guard rail and she jack-knifed and cased 2 other trucks to wreck......fatigue....the freight is not worth the risk!.....KK