A pedestrian struck by a car in southwest Atlanta died at the hospital from an unknown cause after police said they were “not expecting him to die.”

Around 8 p.m. Saturday, a man was walking in the crosswalk at the intersection of Rogers Avenue and Cascade Road when a driver didn’t see him and hit him, Atlanta police told Channel 2 Action News.

The pedestrian suffered a broken leg, but he was otherwise alert, police said. However, he later died at a local hospital around 10:15 p.m.

The driver remained at the scene and was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk. AJC.com has reached out to police to see if additional charges will be filed.

No other details were released.

In other news:

The victim has been identified as 17-year-old Roberta??Robinson by family.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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