THE LATEST: Pedestrian hit, killed while crossing busy Cobb intersection ID’d

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a minivan Tuesday morning while walking through a busy Cobb County intersection, police said.

The crash occurred about 5:45 a.m. at  Cobb Parkway and Acworth Summit Boulevard, Cobb police spokeswoman Officer Sydney Melton said. The driver stayed on scene to speak with investigators.

Authorities said a silver Honda Odyssey traveling south on U.S. 41 struck the pedestrian, who was crossing in or near a crosswalk but did not have the right of way. It was also still dark at the time of the crash, and visibility was low, police said.