pedestrian fatalities

Photo of Martin Rivera (photo and caption provided by the Marietta Police Department)

Marietta September 15, 2020

Marietta police release further information on hit-and-run death of Martin Rivera

The Marietta Police Department released further information on the hit-and-run death of road construction worker Martin Rivera, who was struck by a driver while putting up road work signs. The…

Marietta September 13, 2020

Road construction worker killed in hit-and-run on I-75

Police are seeking a driver, believed to be in a a black Volkswagen Golf GTI, who struck a road construction worker who was putting out signage on I-75 near Delk…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Kennesaw March 19, 2020

85-year-old pedestrian killed on Chastain Road

According to a public information release from Sgt. Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department, the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating the death of a pedestrian…

Austell January 15, 2020

Arrest made in connection with Riverside Parkway hit and run

An arrest was made in connection with yesterday’s hit and run incident on Riverside Parkway that left a pedestrian dead. According to an update from Officer Sydney Melton of the…

Riverside Parkway road sign in article about homicde suicide at EpiCenter

Cobb County January 15, 2020

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on Riverside Parkway

According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department, the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a fatal hit-and-run that resulted…

Cobb County December 26, 2019

UPDATED: Pedestrian killed on South Cobb Drive

The Cobb County Police Department issued the following update for this story about the pedestrian killed on South Cobb Drive: The pedestrian was identified as 49-year-old Jennifer Denise Evans of…

Cobb County December 2, 2019

Pedestrian killed in collision on Mableton Parkway

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