Sunday, April 29, 2012
As in other recent pedestrian deaths in Cobb County, Arthur Horne walked outside a crosswalk.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
A Marietta man was killed Friday afternoon trying to cross Austell Road just north of Hicks Road. The death of Arthur Horne, 38, was at least the fourth time in two months that a pedestrian was killed in Cobb County while trying to cross a road outside a crosswalk. Horne walked into the path of a southbound gray 2004 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Claudia Hopkins, 22, of Austell about 6 p.m. Friday, Cobb County police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said. Horne was pronounced dead at WellStar Cobb Hospital in Austell. Hopkins was not hurt and is not expected to be charged. Still, police ask anyone with information about the crash to call 770-499-3987. The fatal collision occurred about 2½ miles north of where Wendy Nolan of Austell was fatally …
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Austell Rd SW & Hicks Rd SW, Marietta, GA
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
He's the third person fatally struck by a car in Cobb County in three days.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
A 50-year-old man crossing South Marietta Parkway in Marietta was struck by a car and died Saturday night. He was the fourth pedestrian hit by a vehicle and the third to die in Cobb County in three days. The man was crossing the road about 10:15 p.m. outside a crosswalk at Rose Drive, by Southern Polytechnic State University, when a silver 2004 Pontiac Grand Am hit him, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Sheila Mize, 57, of Marietta was driving the car, the AJC said. Marietta police have not released the pedestrian's identity. The man died at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Charges against Mize are possible when police finish investigating the collision. Cobb County police have not filed charges in the two other fatalities and one …
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S Marietta Pkwy SE & Rose Ln SE, Marietta, GA
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
The driver is not expected to be charged in Friday night's collision south of Marietta.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
A woman was killed late Friday night while crossing Austell Road south of Marietta. Wendy Nolan, 39, of Austell was struck by a red 2004 Toyota Corolla south of Floyd Road just before 10:40 p.m., Cobb County police spokesman Officer Mike Bowman reported. He said she stepped into the path of the northbound Toyota, which was driven by Jasmine Hamm, 24, of Austell. Nolan was pronounced dead at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Hamm was not hurt and is not expected to be charged, Bowman said. Police ask anyone with information on the fatal crash to call 770-499-3987. It was the third serious car-pedestrian collision and second fatality in two days in the southeastern quarter of Cobb County. Former McEachern football coach Charles Collins, 66, of …
Char
10:56 am on Monday, April 30, 2012
I agree it was a tragedy!! But, almost every single day I see pedestrians crossing the street in the middle of the road when the crosswalk is only 20 to 50 ft away. They even cross over, and stand in the turning lane waiting for traffic to go by. Why would you risk your life to save a few steps?? Yes maybe we do need more crosswalks, but at the same time we need the pedestrians to use them. more ›