Marietta police confirmed two people died after a “catastrophic series” of crashes on Interstate 75 northbound Tuesday morning.

Triple Team Traffic’s Mike Shields says a chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles happened near South Marietta Parkway just before 5:30 a.m. All northbound lanes were shut down for over four hours as police investigated.

We’ll have the latest on the crash investigation and an urgent safety message from police, on Channel 2 Action News at Noon.

Channel 2′s Justin Carter spoke to investigators at the crash scene. They believe the crashes happened after a young woman pulled over to the far left lane to check on a flat tire.

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As the driver was checking on it, police said she was rear-ended by a driver and ran over. That driver was “ripped” from their car in the impact and was ran over by another car. Both drivers died on the scene.

A third person was also injured, but their condition is unknown. Police said they are working to notify the victim’s families.

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