A contractor painting a road was killed in the North Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta when he was hit by a car Saturday morning.
DeKalb County police said the victim, 56-year-old Roy Rowland, was marking North Druid Hills Road with paint for upcoming waterline repairs. He was hit near the intersection of Kittredge Park Drive near a Target shopping center by a driver headed east.
Rowland was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He worked for a private company contracted with DeKalb County.
“There are no charges pending at this time and the investigation is still ongoing,” DeKalb police spokesman Sgt. J.D. Spencer said in a statement.
No other details were released.
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