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Alpharetta Road will be closed today for investigation into traffic accident that killed three teens – WSB-TV Channel 2

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Alpharetta Road will be closed today for investigation into traffic accident that killed three teens – WSB-TV Channel 2

Police will close part of a busy street in Alpharetta for several hours on Tuesday morning to investigate a traffic accident that left three teenagers dead and two others injured.

The accident occurred two weeks ago on the Westside Parkway. UGA freshmen Sriya Avasarala and Anvi Sharma and Alpharetta High School 12th grader Aryan Joshi died in the accident.

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Alpharetta Police will close the Westside Parkway on the northbound side between Maxwell Road and Hembree Road from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The southbound lanes will remain open.

In order to reconstruct the accident site, the police have to close the northbound lanes.

Police said the initial investigation indicates speed was a factor in the crash. Police believe the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled over, landing upside down in the tree line.

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