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Truck carrying 16 crashes; 8 injured

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Eight people were injured when a pickup truck carrying 16 people crashed on the Downtown Connector in Atlanta on Monday.

The Georgia State Patrol said the people hurt were riding in the bed of a 1999 Dodge truck. The bed had a camper shell over it.

The GSP said the truck crossed the gore at the Spring street exit and struck a guardrail.

The five people riding in the cab were not hurt. Those injured ranged in age from 8 to 20.

The driver is charged with having children under the age of 18 riding unrestrained.

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