HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. — One person is dead after a car went under a tow truck Monday afternoon in Cherokee County, the Holly Springs Police Department said. The accident happened along I-575 northbound near Holly Street Bridge, just before Holly Springs Parkway, according to GDOT 511.
Holly Springs Police identified the person who died as 37-year-old Craig Brown of Woodstock, Ga. Brown died at the scene.
Authorities said the car went under a tow truck, which was picking up another car on the side of the road. The two truck was stopped in the emergency lane. Holly Springs Police said no one else was injured.
Police said the interstate was shut down for nearly two hours but was able to reopen shortly after 4 p.m. The crash is still under investigation.
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