Man arrested after 2 pedestrians hit, killed on Downtown Connector
A man was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide after investigators said he hit two pedestrians with his car on the Downtown Connector and drove off.
Jose M. Garcia-Trujillo, 25, was taken into custody Monday morning after the alleged hit-and-run, Atlanta police said.
The pedestrians were hit and killed in the northbound lanes of the interstate just north of Edgewood Avenue shortly after 5 a.m., according to police.
The two people were involved in an earlier accident near Andrew Young International Boulevard, police said.
They were hit by a Ford Explorer after they stepped out of their vehicles to survey the damage. The driver of the Ford, later identified as Garcia-Trujillo, left the scene, police said.
The Ford was later found near I-85 and Piedmont Avenue, police said.
The investigation closed the roadway for nearly three hours and the lanes reopened just before 8 a.m., the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center reported. The closures caused hours of major delays through downtown and Midtown.
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