Police are looking for a driver who hit a construction worker and left him on the side of a Cobb County road.
The driver sped away from the scene Tuesday about 2:20 p.m. after going east through a construction zone at Windy Hill Road and attempting to turn south on Cobb Parkway, Marietta police spokesman Chuck McPhilamy said.
Live@6am man injured when a car hit him in a construction zone....the driver kept going police are searching for the car #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/XbexVv5jm3
— Darryn Moore (@DarrynMooreWSB) October 11, 2017
The worker, identified as Jorge Vazquez, was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital and later released.
Police have not issued a description of the vehicle but are following several leads.
Vazquez was employed by Baldwin Paving Company, McPhilamy said.
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