Pedestrian fatally struck by driver on I-285, police say

Atlanta police are investigating after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle on I-285 early Thursday morning, authorities said.

Police were called to I-285 North near Langford Parkway in Fulton County, where they found an unresponsive man around 1:30 a.m. The preliminary investigation revealed that the man was in the road when a driver struck him, police spokesman Officer Anthony Grant said.

The man, identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 26-year-old Tyler Tenney of Atlanta, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver remained at the scene and was “cooperative” with officers during the investigation, police said.