Cobb Police said that a woman walking along Interstate 75 early Sunday north of the Windy Hill Road intersection was killed after being struck by a vehicle.
Public Information Officer Aaron Wilson said in a release Monday that Rebecca D. Poole, 40, was walking eastbound from an eastern shoulder of I-75 shortly before 5 a.m. when she was hit by a black 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross driven by Maria Salas Bracho, 24, of Marietta, who traveling was northbound on I-75 in the second lane from the right.
Wilson said that Salas Bracho was not injured but Poole was pronounced dead at the scene by the Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office.
He said her next of kin has been notified and that anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Cobb Police at 770-499-3987.
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