MARCH 8, 2015
SANDY SPRINGS, GEORGIA
Sandy Springs police shut down Interstate 285 eastbound for
hours Sunday morning for a crash investigation.
Police closed the interstate at exit 22, New Northside Drive
and Powers Ferry Road, starting at 8 a.m. Sunday. All lanes reopened just
before 11 a.m.
Police were reconstructing a fatal crash that happened in
early February. Jarvis Cohen, 28, was hit and killed by a car when he got out
of his own car after being involved in a crash.
Police detoured all drivers onto the exit and then back onto
the interstate on the other side of exit 22.
The Georgia Department of Transportation said drivers should
expect significant delays and were encouraged to avoid the area.
Watch Channel 2 Action News at Noon for traffic updates.
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DRIVER GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A CRASH
NEAR THE POWERS FERRY EXIT, I-285, GEORGIA.
AS HE TRIED TO CROSS THE INTERSTATE, HE WAS HIT AND KILLED BY ANOTHER
CAR.
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
Police have identified a man hit and killed on I-285 Friday
morning.
Police say Jarvis Eddie Paul Cohen, 28, got out of his car
after being involved in a crash near the Powers Ferry exit. As Cohen tried to
cross the interstate, he was hit and killed by another car.
Triple Team Traffic’s Mark Arum first reported the accident
on Channel 2 Action News This Morning as authorities blocked the lanes to
investigate the crash around 5 a.m.
Sandy Springs police say a BMW X5 SUV traveling eastbound on
I-285 was struck from behind by Cohen's car, a Chevrolet Tahoe. Cohen's Tahoe
then struck the median wall. The driver of the BMW stopped in the right
emergency lane. That's when Cohen got out an attempted to cross the interstate.
The driver of the car that hit Cohen stayed at the crash
site. That driver is not being charged at this time.
The crash happened just weeks after another fatal
pedestrian crash that tied up traffic on the northside perimeter in January.
The Georgia DOT is urging drivers to stay in their cars if
they are involved in a crash on the interstate.