Pedestrian killed after being hit by vehicle on Downtown Connector

A pedestrian was killed Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle near the intersection of the Downtown Connector and I-20, police said.

Officers responded to I-75/85 southbound and I-20 westbound at about 6:35 a.m. A 49-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene with injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle, according to a preliminary investigation. Her identity was not released Monday morning as next of kin had yet to be notified, an investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said.

By 6:50 a.m. Sunday, the exit ramp to I-20, west of Capitol Avenue in downtown Atlanta, was backed up due to slow merging, according to Georgia Department of Transportation footage.