A pedestrian died after being hit by a car on Athens Highway in Gwinnett County, and police say the driver left the scene.
What It Means For You: If you drove on Athens Highway between Cooper Road and Rosebud Road on the night of Oct. 6, police need to hear from you.
What Happened: The crash occurred around 10:50 p.m. on Oct. 6 on Athens Highway between Cooper Road and Rosebud Road near Lawrenceville. The pedestrian died at the scene.
Police found the vehicle that first hit the pedestrian and charged the driver with fleeing the scene of a fatal collision. But investigators believe the victim’s body lay in the road for several minutes after that first crash, and other cars may have hit the person without knowing it.
What Police Need: Gwinnett County Police are asking anyone who drove through that area between 10:50 p.m. and 11:05 p.m. that night to contact them. They want to build a complete picture of what happened.
If you have information, call the Gwinnett County Police Accident Investigation Unit at 678-442-5653.
The Sources: Gwinnett County Police Department.
B.T. Clark
B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.
