An Atlanta driver died early Christmas morning following a single-vehicle crash, police said.
The crash occurred around 3:45 a.m. Sunday near Butner Road and Niskey Lake Road in southwest Atlanta. Officers found the driver, identified as 28-year-old Deandre L. Smith, dead at the scene.
Police said the preliminary investigation indicates Smith lost control of the vehicle, causing it to leave the road, overturn and strike a tree. There were no other occupants in the vehicle, police said.
Later in the day, an Atlanta police patrol vehicle and a pedestrian were struck by a pickup truck in the area of Campbellton Road. Police said the officer, who was on the scene of a traffic incident, was inside the patrol vehicle at the time of the collision. An incident report said the truck is believed to have slid on a patch of ice, causing the collision, around 7 p.m. Sunday.
The officer and pedestrian sustained minor injuries and were taken to the hospital. Neither was identified.
The driver of the truck remained on the scene, police said, and an investigation is ongoing.
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