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Woman killed when SUV crashes, gets pinned under tractor-trailer in Atlanta, officials say

It happened along the 2300 block of Marietta Boulevard around 4:30 a.m.

ATLANTA — A woman was killed when the SUV she was in crashed into a tractor-trailer and became pinned underneath it early Sunday morning.

Law enforcement and fire crews were called to the 2300 block of Marietta Boulevard around 4:30 a.m.

"The occupied Ford SUV was wedged underneath the trailer and firefighters upgraded the response to a motor vehicle accident with confirmed entrapment," officials said in a statement. "Firefighters quickly discovered the female driver of the SUV had no pulse and was pronounced deceased at the scene." 

The victim has been identified as 22-year-old Alahna Smith.

A wrecker was used to lift the trailer to dislodge the SUV and extract the patient. 

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