The man struck and killed early Friday while trying to cross West Peachtree Street in Midtown has been identified as Charles Harbin, 42, of Sandy Springs.
The incident happened around 3:30 a.m. near 16th Street.
Harbin was dragged "several feet down the roadway," Atlanta police Capt. Van Hobbs told Channel 2 Action News.
The driver of the BMW "thought he had hit something, he wasn't sure, then he saw the damage to his vehicle and he stopped as quick as he could," Hobbs said.
According to Channel 2, Harbin was crossing from a MARTA station to an apartment complex, and was not in a crosswalk when he was struck. The driver did not appear to be impaired, and will not likely be charged, the station reported.
West Peachtree Street was closed between 15th and 17th streets for several hours, but had reopened by 6:30 a.m.
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