I-75, I-85 reopened through downtown Atlanta

The southbound lanes of Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 through downtown Atlanta were reopened Sunday morning after a car accident loosened a sign that hangs over the thoroughfare.

Atlanta Police Officer Ronald Campbell said the busy downtown connector was reopened around 8:30 a.m., nearly 12 hours after the accident.

A woman hit the beam with her vehicle, he said. She sustained head trauma and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, he said.

The state Department of Transportation was called in and determined that the accident had caused damage to the support beams and crews needed to remove the sign, Campbell said.

(Associated Press)