Dead Body Found on I-85 in Norcross Area
Police are investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian on the interstate between Pleasantdale Road and Jimmy Carter Boulevard.
Police are investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian on Interstate 85 North between Pleasantdale Road and Jimmy Carter Boulevard. Around 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, a Corrections Work Detail was cleaning debris off Dawson Boulevard and Graves Road when they discovered a dead body. The body was discovered next to a concrete barrier near a small ravine and could not be seen off the interstate, according to a news release from Gwinnett County spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter. The body was identified as 24-year-old Leviticus D. Charleston, of Stone Mountain. At 10:11 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11, Gwinnett County Police received calls regarding a male walking northbound on I-85 along the center concrete median and walking into traffic in …
Joy L. Woodson
1:16 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Hmm, I know that area. And, I didn't see anything that night. I do know that there needs to be more lights over there. It's too busy for there not to be, and people who are using public transportation of some sort, have to walk up from Pleasantdale on that access ramp. And, anyone else who's on foot. And, there's low visibility and no sidewalk. People have to walk in the street. It's dangerous! more ›