Marietta, Ga. — Police in Marietta, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta are looking for a hit-and-run driver that struck and killed a truck driver on an Atlanta-area freeway.
Police say that after a crash between two tractor-trailers on Interstate 75 northbound, both drivers exited their vehicles, and one was hit and killed by a passing motorist who did not stop.
The driver died at the scene.
“First and foremost, our prayers go out to the family of the individual that was struck and killed,” said Marietta police spokesman Chuck McPhilamy.
Police are still investigating the incident.
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