Victim ID’d in fatal hit-and-run in Cobb; driver sought

Cobb County police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck a woman as she crossed Austell Road early Saturday morning.

Around 5:30 a.m., the woman, later identified as 21-year-old Maria Perez Gonzalez of Marietta, was crossing the road outside of a crosswalk near the intersection with Hicks Road, not far from Windy Hill Road.

At the same time, two vehicles were headed north on Austell Road, Cobb police said. First, a white 2014 Ford Econoline struck Perez Gonzalez with its driver’s-side mirror but did not stop. She was then hit again by a Chrysler 200. That driver stopped and notified authorities. He was not injured.

Perez Gonzalez died at the scene.

Anyone with information about the victim’s identity is asked to contact Cobb police at 770-499-3987.

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