A woman attempting to cross Cheshire Bridge Road was struck and killed early Sunday by a hit-and-run driver, Atlanta police said.

Officers were called just after midnight to the crash near the Cheshire Square Shopping Center in northeast Atlanta and found the pedestrian in critical condition. She died at the scene, police said.

The victim was identified as 43-year-old Stevie Carpenter by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

According to investigators, Carpenter was crossing the road outside a crosswalk when an unidentified vehicle struck her and left the scene. A description of the vehicle was not provided.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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Healthcare at College Park, a nursing home in Fulton County, GA, stands shuttered with its door chained on July 26, 2025, having closed in recent months.  Researchers at Brown University developed a list of U.S. nursing homes they predicted were at risk of closing based on 2023 data, and would be at elevated risk of closing due to the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act's cuts to Medicaid. Healthcare at College Park was on their list.  It survived past its last federal inspection in August of 2024 but has now closed down. The bill's biggest provisions will roll out over years starting Jan. 1. (Ariel Hart/AJC)

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