Marietta Police said a motorist was killed early Friday when his vehicle slammed into a stopped tractor trailer on Interstate 75 near the North Marietta Parkway exit.
Police said that Gordon Fields, 47, of Marietta, was pronounced dead on the scene after officers responded to the crash, which took place around 1 a.m. Friday.
Fields was driving a white Volkswagen southbound in the middle lanes of I-75 at the North Marietta Parkway bridge when the vehicle crashed with a tractor tractor that had been stopped due to a previous accident, according to police.
Police said that all southbound lanes previously had been shut down due to the original crash, and that a tractor trailer, driven by Mayki Marcelin, 29, of Davenport, Fla., remained stationary after traffic began to move.
Another tractor trailer, driven by Daniel Granados, 35, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., was southbound in the same lane as Marcelin’s vehicle, according to police, and that Granados swerved to avoid hitting it.
The Volkswagen driven by Fields also was in the same southbound lane, and crashed into Marcelin’s tractor trailer, police said, adding that the drivers of the tractor trailers stayed on the scene until officers arrived.
Marietta Police said they are continuing to investigate and that no charges have been filed, and asked anyone with information to Traffic Investigator Henry at 770-794-5266.
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