I-75 wreck involving SUV towing boat kills woman, critically injures man

A deadly wreck shut down I-75 South in Cobb County for hours Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Credit: Channel 2 Action News

Credit: Channel 2 Action News

A deadly wreck shut down I-75 South in Cobb County for hours Saturday night and Sunday morning.

A woman was killed and a man was taken to a hospital in critical condition after a wreck that involved an SUV towing a boat shut down I-75 South in Cobb County on Saturday night, police said.

The accident happened around 10:45 p.m. near South Marietta Parkway. The woman and man were in a mid-sized vehicle that had crashed with the SUV, Marietta police said in a Facebook post.

The deadly wreck involved a vehicle and an SUV that was towing a boat, police said. (Photo: Channel 2 Action News)

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All southbound lanes were closed until about 2 a.m., Marietta police spokesman Chuck McPhilamy told AJC.com. The people in the SUV sustained only minor injuries.

No details on what led up to the crash were released. The names of the deceased woman, who was the driver, and the injured man were also not released.

Anyone with information is asked to call Marietta police investigators at 770-794-5344.

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