Crime & Safety

Peachtree Corners Man Dies in I-575 Wreck

Bryon C. Brown got off the Barrett Parkway exit in Cobb County without slowing down.

A single car wreck early Sunday morning killed 67-year-old Byron C. Brown of Peachtree Corners, a spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department said Sunday.

The fatal crash occurred at 1:15 a.m. Sunday when Brown, who was driving a silver 2009 Hyundai Azera north on Interstate 575, got off at the Barrett Parkway exit without slowing down, Officer Mike Bowman said.

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"He then continued northbound crossing all lanes of Barrett Parkway and collided with a retaining wall on the north side of the roadway at a high rate of speed," Bowman said.

Brown died at the scene of the crash, which remains under investigation.

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Anyone with information is asked to call 770-499-3987.

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