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News Nearby: Fatal Crashes, Shootings Leaves at Least One Dead, Many Injured

Some top Patch headline from around the region.

– Cartersville Patch

Interstate 75 northbound at U.S. 411 in Cartersville was shut down due to a fatal crash and vehicle fire Friday afternoon. Bartow County Sheriff's Office sent this alert about 1:50 p.m.:

AVOID I-75 northbound near exit 293. All northbound lanes closed. Vehicle fire with fatal accident. AVOID area. .

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- South Cobb Patch

A fatal crash occurred Thursday afternoon on South Gordon Road in Austell, leaving one man dead and three others severely injured including an Austell teen, according to the Cobb County Police Department. .

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- Cascade Patch

Thursday evening, Dec. 20 at about 5:30 p.m., police responded to a call of a man shot in the parking lot of Therrell High School near Mt. Gilead. This call began a series of unrelated gunshot calls in the span of 2 hours. .

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