Crime & Safety
Marietta Man Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on 285
Police say Jacob Blackmore was heading west in the eastbound lanes of 285, and got into a wreck with a tractor-trailer heading east
A 19-year-old Marietta man was killed this morning in a fiery, wrong-way crash on I-285 in Dunwoody.
Jacob Blackmore, 19, was killed in an accident just after midnight, when, heading west in the eastbound lanes of 285, he hit a tractor-trailer in the middle lanes, police said. Both vehicles caught fire. The accident happened on I-285, near Ashford Dunwoody Road.
Blackmore was pronounced dead at the scene, Dunwoody Police Spokesman Sgt. Mike Carlson said. The truck driver, Rory Stewart, 57, was not injured.
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The crash shut down parts of 285 through the morning rush hour until about 10:30 a.m.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Sgt. Jason Dove at 678-382-6910.
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