The WSB 24-hour Traffic Center issued a red alert at 4:30 a.m. when authorities closed the interstate east of Riverdale Road. The three-vehicle crash involved a jackknifed tractor-trailer carrying 10,000 pounds of "miscellaneous items," the Traffic Center reported.

Investigators believe the car had stalled or stopped in a right lane of the interstate when it was hit by another vehicle just before 4 a.m., according to Clayton County police. The car was sent into the travel lane of the tractor-trailer, which T-boned it on the driver’s side.