CONYERS, GA : Two people die following multi-vehicle accident near the Ga. Highway 138 interchange on Sunday, 16th February, 2020

A 70-year-old man attempting to cross I-20 near the Ga. Highway 138 interchange was struck and killed Sunday evening, and the accident started a series of chain reaction wrecks that claimed the life of a passenger in one of the vehicles.

According to a statement from the Georgia State Patrol, the pedestrian, identified as David Ray Westberg of Conyers, was attempting to cross the westbound lanes shortly after 6:30 p.m. when he was struck by a Nissan Maxima. It is not known why Westberg was attempting to cross I-20.

Two secondary crashes that occurred following the first accident then shut down most of the westbound lanes near mile marker 82. In one of the secondary accidents, a Toyota SUV driving by a Covington man stopped on I-20 for the first accident and was rear-ended by a Nissan pickup truck. Miriam Porras, 25, of Dallas, Texas, was a backseat passenger in the Toyota and died from injuries sustained in the accident.

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