Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Killed on Cobb Parkway
The Kennesaw woman was struck just south of Mack Dobbs Road early Thursday.
Cobb County Police are investigating a pedestrian fatality that occurred early Thursday in the southbound lanes of Cobb Parkway just south of Mack Dobbs Road.
According to a CCPD news release, the incident occurred about 3:43 a.m. when a white 2004 Toyota Tundra truck going southbound on Cobb Parkway struck a woman, identified as 20-year-old Hannah M. Straton of Kennesaw, in the roadway.
Police say the driver, 43-year-old Stephen O. Nehls of Dallas, immediately pulled to the side of the roadway and called 911. When Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services arrived on the scene along with Cobb and Kennesaw Police Departments, they discovered Straton’s body lying just off the western edge of the roadway.
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Alcohol use by Straton is suspected to be a contributing factor in the collision, investigators say, and officials do not expect to charge Nehls in connection with the collision.
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