CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A tow truck driver was killed Thursday when he was struck along I-575 in Cherokee County.
Woodstock Police said a man was struck in a fatal traffic accident and identified the person as a tow truck driver. It was not initially clear if the tow truck driver was hit while attending to another car, but police classified him as a pedestrian, indicating he would've been outside his truck.
Authorities later identified the man as 48-year-old Frank Ingram, of Woodstock.
All lanes were closed for a time on I-575 South, but reopened a little after 3:30 p.m., Woodstock Police reported.
The Georgia Department of Transportation's 511 site indicated it happened just past the Little River.
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