Lawrenceville Man Believed to be Victim in Truck Crash

WHILE AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAME OF A MAN KILLED IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH WEDNESDAY MORNING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 411, THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE HE IS A 33-YEAR-OLD FROM LAWRENCEVILLE. LIEUTENANT MARK CAMP WITH THE CARTERSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS ADDITIONAL TESTING HAS TO BE DONE TO CONFIRM HIS IDENTITY.

THE WRECK OCCURRED AROUND 9 A.M. BETWEEN CLINE SMITH AND INDUSTRIAL PARK ROADS. CARTERSVILLE POLICE CHIEF TOMMY CULPEPPER SAYS THE MAN WAS DRIVING A TRACTOR-TRAILER NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 411, LEFT THE ROADWAY AFTER CROSSING THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AND TRAVELLED INTO NEARBY WOODS. THE TRUCK STRUCK TREES AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.

CULPEPPER SAYS THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAB AND DIED. ALL LANES OF THE ROAD WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER POSED TO OTHER DRIVERS.