Officials said an abandoned car caused a deadly tractor-trailer crash that shut down Interstate 485 near Northlake for hours.
The crash happened just before 10 a.m. Friday on the outer loop of I-485 north near West W.T. Harris Boulevard under the bridge at Northlake Centre Parkway.
Troopers said a tractor-trailer heading northbound on I-485 hit an abandoned black car, flipped and burst into flames. The truck driver died at the scene.