South Fulton police are investigating after a man’s body was found alongside a road after he was hit by a vehicle Monday morning.

Channel 2 Action News reported the man’s body was found by a neighbor on the side of Campbellton-Fairburn Road around 7 a.m. Police said the man, who has not been identified, was fatally hit by a vehicle.

No other details were provided by police, including the victim’s age or whether the driver has been identified.

The body was found by a neighbor on the side of Campbellton-Fairburn Road.

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The neighbor who found the body, Mel Keyton, told the news station he and another neighbor covered the victim’s body with a blanket until police arrived so that children on a school bus wouldn’t see it.

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