UPDATED, 12:55 P.M. SUNDAY:
Cobb Police said two teenage pedestrians were seriously injured Saturday night, one of them with life-threatening injuries, after being struck by a car in front of Wheeler High School on Holt Road.
Officer Neil Penirelli, a spokesman for Cobb Police, said they were hit at 7:01 p.m. Saturday in the crosswalk between Wheeler and the former East Cobb Middle School by a black 2007 Mercedes Benz SLK350 driven by Nancy Valentine, 73, of Marietta.
She was traveling northbound on Holt Road when the accident occurred, Penirelli said. He added that the teenagers, who were not identified, were taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital.
He said the accident is still being investigated and that anyone with information is asked to contact Cobb Police at 770-499-3987.
ORIGINAL REPORT, 7:54 P.M SATURDAY:
Shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday a reader contacted us to say that several police cars were spotted heading up Holt Road northbound, from Eastvalley Elementary School and toward Wheeler High School, and that emergency sirens also could be heard.
We got over there around 7:30 p.m. and police had blocked off Holt at Monterey Drive and Beckwith Trail, which is just above the Wheeler campus.
Cobb Police said there is an accident investigation that’s underway.
If you head southbound on Holt from Robinson Road, you’ll be diverted onto Monterey or Beckwith.
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