All lanes open after 15-car pileup on I-75 South in Bartow County

A 15-car pileup blocked all lanes on I-75 in Bartow County on Sunday. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

A 15-car pileup blocked all lanes on I-75 in Bartow County on Sunday. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

Wet weather may have played a role in a 15-car pileup that blocked all lanes on I-75 South in Bartow County for more than three hours Sunday afternoon.

Lanes opened about 5:30 p.m. as wreckers towed away mangled vehicles, Channel 2 Action News reported.

The crashes happened before the Glade Road exit, according to Georgia Department of Transportation officials.

Brad Cothran, a spokesman for Bartow County emergency medical services, said the crash happened about 1:42 p.m.

A total of 10 people were take to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, he said.

A tow truck driver told Channel 2 Action News that three tractor-trailers were involved in the pileup.

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