Demolished Nissan passenger car involved in fatal semi truck accident on Interstate 285 in Atlanta, GA on April 25, 2011.

Atlanta is in Fulton County, Georgia in the northwest-central part of the state about 147 miles northwest of Augusta.

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The accident occurred Monday evening at about 6:00 p.m. in the outer loop of I-285 on the west side near the Martin Luther King Jr. overpass.

Location of fatal semi truck accident that killed a newlywed woman on the southbound I-285 near the Martin Luther King Jr. overpass in Atlanta, GA.

The recently-married woman who was killed in the accident was driving a Nissan Sentra passenger car in the southbound lanes at the time of the accident. Her car was struck by a tractor trailer that was changing lanes. The semi truck hit her vehicle, sending her into the concrete guard rail.

After hitting the barrier, the car came back across the freeway and was hit by another semi tractor (a bobtail truck – just the cab portion of a semi).

The Fox Channel 5 website in Atanta reports:

Police told FOX 5 News a Nissan sedan was on the road when the driver of a tractor trailer attempted to change lanes in front of them. The truck clipped the car, which sent it into the inner barrier wall. Police say the car bounced back into the traffic lanes, where it was struck by a semi, which was not carrying a load.

Rescue crews had to use the Jaws of Life to get the victims from the car. The woman, who has not yet been identified, died at the scene. The man was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries. Atlanta police said the woman was recently married. Neither of the truck drivers involved was hurt.

The victim was identified as 21-year-old Danielle Holly. The male passenger who was injured in the accident was her husband, whose identy has not yet been released.

Neither truck driver was injured in the accident. News reports have identified the driver of the semi truck who first struck Holly’s vehicle as 51 year-old Jack Parsons. According to the Fox Channel 5 website article, investigators plan to charge Parsons with vehicular homicide for the improper lane change.

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Scene of the truck accident on Ponce de Leon Ave. in Midtown, Atlanta

The Atlanta police said that Larimer was speeding at the time then lost control of her vehicle when she slammed into the utility pole. The pickup truck overturned, then entrapped Larimer. Officers state that she died at the scene. Police investigators said that it is not known at this time if alcohol was a factor in the crash or not. They are waiting for toxicology reports to find out.

The eastbound lanes of Ponce de Leon Ave. were shut down for about two hours after the truck accident.

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