Crime & Safety

Campbellton Road: 8 year-old Girl Killed in Hit-and-Run

Police are searching for a dark colored car that struck a child Tuesday night

Atlanta Police Department is still actively investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a driver Tuesday evening.

According to a Fox 5 report, Ja'leah Felix and her family were crossing Campebellton Road to go to Sandtown Park when a "dark colored" truck struck the little girl and did not stop.

Fox 5 has more details on this story, and has quoted the Atlanta police as saying, "We do not know at this time (if the driver knew he struck the girl). However, we are trying to find out any information about this vehicle."

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Cascade Patch has put in a request for more information and we will update the story when we recieve it.Β  For now our prayers are with the family and I hope that if anyone saw or heard anything last night, they come forward.

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