A man involved in a fatal hit-and-run in South Fulton was struck by multiple cars and dragged a quarter of a mile before someone stopped to report the incident, police said.
The crash happened around 9 p.m. Sunday on Jonesboro Road, Channel 2 Action News reported. The man, later identified as 20-year-old Joshua Love, was standing in the center turn lane when he was hit and killed by the first car, South Fulton police told the news station. Love was hit by at least three more cars, and his body was wedged underneath the final car and dragged.
At the time of the incident, police told Channel 2 the victim was not carrying any form of ID. The Fulton County medical examiner was left to identify Love through his fingerprints, according to the news station.
Love’s older sister, Shanteiria McFarland, said on a GoFundMe page created Tuesday that the family was forced to have a closed-casket funeral as a result of his injuries. The account was created to help raise money to pay for Love’s final expenses, McFarland said. It has raised about $1,500 toward a $13,000 goal.
South Fulton police Lt. Craig Harper told Channel 2 that residents in the area often cross Jonesboro Road to reach the store or bus stop, but he advised against making that trip on foot. There are no lights in the area and Harper described the conditions for pedestrians as “very dangerous.”
Love’s parents told Channel 2 their son was crossing the street after buying snacks for the family. The 20-year-old was the third of eight siblings, according to his sister, as well as a father to a daughter of his own.
“I will make sure your daughter NEVER forgets who her father was,” Shanteiria McFarland wrote on the fundraising page.
Police are still working to find any of the multiple drivers who may have hit Love and left the scene.
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