Maintenance worker killed after woman drives onto sidewalk in Cobb

A maintenance worker was killed Wednesday morning after a woman drove onto a Cobb County sidewalk, officials said.

The incident occurred shortly after 8 a.m. at Akers Mill Road and Galleria Drive, Cobb police spokesman Brody Staud said.

Police confirm 30 yr old Toni Hale was behind the wheel when she left the roadway killing this father of 2. Live at 4PM @wsbtv his devastated family talks about this loss pic.twitter.com/eofhUJQmcq
— Liz Artz Hayes (@LizArtzHayes) November 22, 2017

Police identified the victim as Joseph Poncer, 50, of Marietta. He was doing maintenance along the road at the time of the deadly accident, Channel 2 Action News reported.

The driver was 30-year-old Toni Hale of Jonesboro, police said.

Details about the crash have not been released.

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