Accidents and Emergencies

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (157+ words) The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the storms rolled through, according to the same WSB-TV report. Departures were initially delayed an average of about 45 minutes, per the FAA, with delays expected to…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (253+ words) Smoke was pouring from a first-floor unit at a four-story Buckhead apartment building Wednesday afternoon when Atlanta firefighters arrived to find residents trapped and two dogs inside. Crews pulled two people from a third-floor apartment and helped several other residents…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (851+ words) Earlier this year, a massive sinkhole developed in Summerhill as pavement and asphalt caved in, leaving an entire road inaccessible. The root cause of the 18-foot-deep hole on Georgia Avenue: an old, damaged pipe. Nonetheless, this summer the Atlanta Track…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (54+ words) A vehicle crash on an I-20 overpass in Atlanta left a car wedged over the edge, sending video of a person hanging from the damaged structure viral. A vehicle crash on an I-20 overpass in Atlanta left a car wedged over the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (223+ words) A car ended up wedged on an overpass along Interstate 20 in Atlanta, and video of the scene drew attention because of one startling detail: a person's legs dangling from the vehicle as it sits stuck above the roadway. Metro Atlanta's…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (332+ words) A woman died after being struck by a car on Atlanta's Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW, the corridor's third fatal pedestrian crash since 2024. A woman was struck and killed by a car late Sunday night on Joseph E Lowery Boulevard NW…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (414+ words) Five people died in traffic crashes across Georgia over Labor Day weekend, according to the Georgia Department of Public Safety, as troopers logged 209 crashes, nearly 300 DUI arrests, and hundreds of seatbelt and distracted-driving citations statewide. Troopers also made 299 DUI arrests…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (309+ words) A MARTA bus crashed off North Shallowford Road near Peachford Road in Dunwoody on Monday, coming to rest leaning down a slight embankment near a tree. Three people claimed they were injured in the crash, according to MARTA. It remains…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (88+ words) Severe storms slammed Atlanta on Saturday night, knocking out power to tens of thousands of residents and toppling trees across the metro area. High winds and heavy rain flooded roads and created widespread damage that left families without electricity for…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (221+ words) Saturday's storm complex formed amid extreme heat blanketing north and central Georgia, where afternoon heat index values were expected to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit under a Hazardous Weather Outlook, according to the Cobb Courier. Sudden downbursts have repeatedly slammed metro Atlanta's…...