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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in DeKalb

DeKalb County police investigate a deadly hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian on Moreland Avenue Sunday night, Channel 2 Action News reported.

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DeKalb County police investigate a deadly hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian on Moreland Avenue Sunday night, Channel 2 Action News reported.
By Chelsea Prince
Aug 27, 2018

A pedestrian was killed Sunday night in a hit-and-run in DeKalb County, Channel 2 Action News reported.

The man was walking along Moreland Avenue at Woodstock Road in southeast Atlanta when a vehicle hit him sometime after 10 p.m. without stopping, the news station reported.

DeKalb police have not provided a description of the vehicle or released the name of the victim.

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