{"id":221749,"date":"2025-05-11T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=221749"},"modified":"2025-05-11T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:16:11","slug":"pedestrian-killed-in-early-morning-crash-on-i-75-in-macon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=221749","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian Killed in Early Morning Crash on I-75 in Macon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A pedestrian died Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle on I-75 in Bibb County. The fatal collision occurred just before 6:00 a.m. near the Pio Nono Avenue on-ramp. According to the Bibb County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, a 34-year-old man driving a 2008 Honda Accord northbound on I-75 hit the pedestrian who was walking in the travel lane. The driver reportedly did not see the person walking on the interstate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What We Don&#8217;t Know:<\/strong> Authorities have not released the identity of the pedestrian pending notification of family members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Context:<\/strong> Pedestrians on interstate highways face extreme danger due to high-speed traffic and limited escape routes. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, pedestrians are prohibited from walking on interstate highways except in emergencies, making these situations particularly hazardous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Take Action:<\/strong> Anyone with information about this fatal collision is urged to contact the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/county\/Bibb\"   title=\"Bibb\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1489\">Bibb<\/a> County Sheriff&#8217;s Office at 478-751-7500. Drivers should remain vigilant, especially during dawn and dusk hours when visibility is reduced, and pedestrians should avoid walking on interstate highways under any circumstances except dire emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=10]\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pedestrian died Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle on I-75 in Bibb County. The fatal collision occurred just before 6:00 a.m. near the Pio Nono Avenue on-ramp. According to the Bibb County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, a 34-year-old man driving a 2008 Honda Accord northbound on I-75 hit the pedestrian who was walking in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":221750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[8592,17908],"class_list":["post-221749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-i-75","tag-pedestrian-crash","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}