Police have arrested a man accused of hitting three teens walking along a southwest Atlanta sidewalk late last month then driving away, authorities said.
Michael Turner, 31, was picked up Saturday by police and charged with hit-and-run, failure to exercise due care with pedestrians and driving without a valid license.
On Jan. 31, Mariah Key, 15, Dajah Malcom, 14, and Cedria Johnson, 16, were walking on Westmeath Drive, authorities said.
The three heard a car pull up behind them, and eventually the car hit them, police said.
Johnson was the only one of the three girls able to remain standing and conscious and told police what happened, describing the silver car that hit them, Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. Greg Lyon said.
Last week, officers were able to gather enough information to obtain an arrest warrant for Turner, Lyon said.
He also had outstanding warrants for battery, making terroristic threats and public drunkenness, according to Fulton County Jail records.
Turner remains in the jail on $7,000 bond, according to jail records.
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