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Clayton County police have shut down the I-75 ramp to I-285 while they deal with an overturned tractor-trailer that is leaking fuel.

Police said it appears that one of the cars caught fire as a result of the accident.

Two people accused of multiple armed robberies were arrested in DeKalb County.

Driver on the highway nearly getting hit by a falling tree on interstate 285 in the atlanta suburbs. other drivers werent so fortunate. no one was seriously hurt. this storm system has claimed at least two lives, including an alabama woman killed in her home. >> the damage is total here, as you can see, what was left in that mobile home, strewn across all of these trees. >> reporter: high winds ripped it apart. another person was also hurt. david, id like you to take a look at whats around me. t...

And thrown on to a major interstate. >> dash cam video shows officer nathan daly, watch this, speaking to a driver during a traffic stop. and then suddenly the driver takes off as the officer holds on a second officer got into a patrol car, to busy interstate 285. you can see the driver sideswipe another car. knocked the officer off. the car eventually crashed and tried to run before being chased down and arrested. >> and the thing is, that officer is okay. >> that is remarkable that man is stil...

Themselves. prosecutors are requesting receive a sentence of six months in jail. >> an officer recovering. officers nathan daly is seen speaking to a driver. the driver takes off as an officer is holding on. a second officer gone into a patrol car and followed them on to interstate 285. they side swiped the car to knock the driver off. the car crashed and there up see the officer on the ground there. he is okay thankfully. much more straight ahead in the newsroom. it all starts right now. hello ...

Washington department of fish and wildlife airlift mountain goats to a staging area in olympic national park as part of the agencys repopulation efforts. the goals will be returned to their native habitat in the north cascades mountain range. and this is a live look atlanta from fox 5, the big story there tonight, a cash grab on interstate 285 after money a lot of an open door on an armored truck. the camera rolled as several drivers stopped to pick up the spoiled -- the spilled bills. they say ...

Needs to get her name out there. >> good to see you, ed. >> thank you. up next mr. popular. what is behind vladimir putins approving approving ratings. there was a plane crash on interstate 285 in dekalb county georgia. fox 2 in san francisco, a father and two young children found safe after disappearing from their campsite. sheriff deputies say the family was found in good spirits about 10 to 20 miles away by the california national guard. the family member says the father spent hours attem...

Was not as if i could get out of my car at any moment, because it was so cold. i didnt have a blanket. the irony is that i do this for a living and i tell people, if you are going to go out in the winter weather, make sure your car is prepared, you have a blanket, food, water. if you get stuck, you are on your own. they may not be able to come get you. here i was in my car with none of those things and my windshield being caked with ice. im from miami. i have never driven in this kind of weather...

Traffic for six hours at that point and she had to make a decision. thousands of people had to make that decision. some people ended up at the home depot stretched out on patio furniture, on cushions, sitting in grocery stores overnight. there are still students who were still stranded on a bus sitting at a grocery store off of interstate 285. a lot of people, i know, listened to that interview with mayor reed and heard from the assistant superintendent from atlanta public schools and officials ...