A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured Wednesday when he was hit by a car crossing Sewell Mill Road, according to Cobb Police.
Officer Aaron Wilson, a spokesman for Cobb Police, said the boy was crossing Sewell Mill Road near Danforth Drive at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday when he was struck by a a 2017 Mazda CX-5 driven by Maria Murray, 61, of Marietta, in the westbound lane.
That’s just west of Bill Murdock Road near Dodgen Middle School.
Wilson said the boy was crossing outside the marked crosswalk, and Murray stopped her car in the road.
The boy was taken to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital of Atlanta by ground ambulance with serious injuries, Wilson said.
In an email to the Dodgen school community, Principal Patricia Alford said the boy is a student there and was walking home when the crash occurred.
Cobb Police closed down Sewell Mill Road for a while and Wilson said anyone with information is asked to call the Cobb Police STEP Unit at 770-499-3987.
