Passenger dies when driver rear-ends semi-trailer in Marietta 

Passenger dies when driver rear-ends semi-trailer in Marietta 

MARIETTA, GA – A 28-year-old woman, a passenger of a blue 2009 Nissan Altima, had passed away when her driver rear-ended a trailer attached to a 2015 Freightliner Saturday. 

Fox5Atalnta said this collision happened before 2:30 a.m. when the semi-driver slowed for traffic on I-75 South north of Delk Road, and the woman did not reduce her speed, thus striking the truck’s second Grant Dane van trailer. 

Upon hitting the truck, the car rotated counterclockwise before coming to rest in the fourth and fifth lanes. The Cobb County Police Department declared the 28-year-old woman from Jonesboro deceased at the scene, and an ambulance transported the woman’s driver, a 21-year-old woman from Stone Mountain, to WellStar Kennestone Hospital. 

Officers confirmed the truck driver was unharmed but have not released additional details regarding Saturday’s wreck.

Anyone with more information about this crash is asked to contact authorities at the phone number listed in the source.  

Updates will be added as our newsroom learns more. 

Reader’s Note: While the car occupants’ names were mentioned by Cobb County officials and the initial source, our news team has adopted a no-name policy with respect to drivers or victims of motor vehicle accidents or personal injury-related incidents. As such, our news team has chosen not to mention the names in this news article. 

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