DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — One person is dead after being hit along Interstate 285 eastbound near Flat Shoals Parkway in DeKalb County.

Emergency officials said a person was hit and killed by a vehicle Monday morning.

DeKalb police cruisers had at least one lane of the interstate shut down for a few hours while they investigated the incident.

Traffic was backed up for at least three miles because of the investigation.