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.