{"id":46173,"date":"2023-01-09T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T21:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=46173"},"modified":"2023-01-09T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T21:44:31","slug":"police-search-for-driver-in-fatal-hit-and-run-crash-in-atlanta-that-killed-a-70-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=46173","title":{"rendered":"Police search for driver in fatal hit-and-run crash in Atlanta that killed a 70-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/tag\/Atlanta\">ATLANTA<\/a> &#8212; The Atlanta Police Department is asking for your help locating the suspect vehicle and driver that was involved in a pedestrian traffic&nbsp;fatality on Jan. 7 at I-75\/85 South near Pryor Road SW.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vehicle involved is believed to be a&nbsp;2015-2023 Ford Mustang, color unknown, with front end damage and a missing driver\u2019s side mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone&nbsp;with information on the vehicle or the driver can submit a tip anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS&nbsp;(8477), online&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http*3A*2F*2Fwww.crimestoppersatlanta.org*2F&amp;data=04*7C01*7CAWGrant*40AtlantaGa.Gov*7C7faab6669f2d4e176be308d8e8a426cf*7C031a550af1f34b629c643ef02c7798a5*7C0*7C0*7C637515139024121584*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&amp;sdata=eG6qm6UQ1Q49Sakz0qHSkIdjQQ2S1IW*2F*2FPcj4Z0iVa4*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!JZyed81S!wdbGIdUohVONLpodSjtp8s4Ud6cmIrS6ptM4RtKPE7dgIDsafLt3Z-wDUbUPExnfIPA$\">www.crimestoppersatlanta.org<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES&nbsp;(274637). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tipsters do not have to give their name or any identifying information to be eligible for the reward of up to $2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 7, at about 6:34 a.m., officers responded to a report of a pedestrian down alongside the roadway of&nbsp;I-75\/85 SB near Pryor Road. Upon arrival, officers located a 70-year-old man who was not alert, conscious, or breathing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta Fire and Rescue pronounced the man dead on the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police, the preliminary investigation indicates that an unknown vehicle traveling&nbsp;southbound on I-75\/85 SB struck the man while he was in the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=32]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA &#8212; The Atlanta Police Department is asking for your help locating the suspect vehicle and driver that was involved in a pedestrian traffic&nbsp;fatality on Jan. 7 at I-75\/85 South near Pryor Road SW.&nbsp; The vehicle involved is believed to be a&nbsp;2015-2023 Ford Mustang, color unknown, with front end damage and a missing driver\u2019s side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46174,"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":[27],"tags":[8482,8472,12829],"class_list":["post-46173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-atlanta","tag-fulton-county","tag-hit-and-run-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46173","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}