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Man hit, killed by tractor-trailer in Marietta parking lot

A tractor-trailer hit a man Monday morning in a parking lot on Roswell Road in Marietta. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
A tractor-trailer hit a man Monday morning in a parking lot on Roswell Road in Marietta. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
By Ellen Eldridge
March 6, 2017

A man was killed Monday morning while walking through a parking lot on Roswell Road in Marietta, police said.

Stephen Snook, 66, of Marietta, was hit by a Freightliner tractor-trailer just before 10 a.m., Marietta police spokeswoman Brittany Wallace said.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, Pierre Poteau, 54, of Lawrenceville, was not charged, Wallace said.

Wallace said Snook was wearing a dark-colored jacket and blue jeans as he headed north through the parking lot.

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