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Mother carrying 2-year-old ticketed for being in street

Atlanta police officers exit a Grady ambulance after talking with a mother and her 2-year-old child who was ticketed by police after stepping in front of a vehicle while trying to catch a bus on Peachtree and Alabama streets Friday morning, police said. The unidentified woman was cited for pedestrian in a roadway.

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Atlanta police officers exit a Grady ambulance after talking with a mother and her 2-year-old child who was ticketed by police after stepping in front of a vehicle while trying to catch a bus on Peachtree and Alabama streets Friday morning, police said. The unidentified woman was cited for pedestrian in a roadway.
By Christian Boone
April 19, 2013

A mother carrying her 2-year-old child was ticketed by police after stepping in front of a vehicle while trying to catch a bus on Peachtree and Alabama streets Friday morning, police said.

The unidentified woman was cited for pedestrian in a roadway. She and her child were bumped by an oncoming Dodge Stratus but neither were seriously hurt, said Atlanta police Sgt. Charles Mack. They were transported to Atlanta Medical Center as a precaution.

“It was a very dangerous situation and it could’ve been more serious than it was, ” Mack said.

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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.

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