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July 10, 2012

Car crashes into fire hydrant; road washed away

AUSTELL — A major thoroughfare in metro Atlanta is closed after a stretch of the road was washed away after a car smashed into a fire hydrant.

Cobb County police said a car collided with the hydrant Monday night on Riverside Parkway, just west of Atlanta.

Water began gushing from the hydrant, but police say the car was positioned in such a way that crews were unable to turn off the water until a wrecker was able to remove the car.

Police say the water washed away the stretch of road. Crews were working to make repairs early Tuesday.

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