Car driver dies in collision with tractor-trailer in South Fulton County

A car driver died Friday morning in a crash with a tractor-trailer. Authorities say the truck driver caused the collision by failing to yield to the car.

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Georgia State Patrol said troopers were sent to the collision scene at 3:31 a.m. on South Fulton Parkway near Mason Road, in Fulton County.

The tractor-trailer was traveling west on South Fulton Parkway and tried to turn left onto Hunter Road. The report says the truck driver failed to yield and turned left right in front of a Infiniti.

The front of the Infiniti hit the right passenger’s side of the trailer. The driver of the Infiniti was pronounced dead on scene.

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Georgia State Patrol hasn’t identified the driver who died at the scene.

South Fulton Parkway was closed for about three hours while the crash was investigated.

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