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Man dies after being hit by car on I-20 West at I-285

Emergency crews shut down all westbound lanes of Interstate 20 at Interstate 285 after a man was hit by a car.
Emergency crews shut down all westbound lanes of Interstate 20 at Interstate 285 after a man was hit by a car.
By Ellen Eldridge
Nov 16, 2017

A man was hit by a car on I-20 West at I-285 and died Wednesday night, police said.

As police responded, the man was unconscious but breathing, Atlanta police Officer Stephanie Brown said. He later died at Grady Memorial Hospital, police said.

Lanes were shut down for more than an hour.

The pedestrian incident was the third in a week.

A woman was hit Tuesday night by multiple cars on the Downtown Connector, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.

MORE: Search on for 2 drivers who hit woman on the Downtown Connector

Three southbound drivers hit the woman as she tried to cross the highway just before 8 p.m., according to Atlanta police. Only one driver stayed on the scene near the University Avenue exit. That driver will not be charged, police said.

RELATED: Family remembers Georgia Tech student killed on Downtown Connector

On Friday, 19-year-old Kaden Campbell was struck and killed by an SUV while attempting to cross the connector.

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