Crime & Safety

Cobb Pedestrian Killed by Suspected Drunk Driver

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene after investigators say she was struck from behind on Thursday night.

A woman was killed when she was hit from behind by an alleged drunk driver while walking on Powder Springs Road on Thursday night, Cobb County police said Friday.

The woman, who is not being identified pending notification of her next of kin, was walking in the right southbound lane of Powder Springs Road near Pine Grove Road at 11:50 p.m. when she was struck by a green 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee, police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Jeep, 31-year-old Joshua Lee Shanks, was arrested at the scene for DUI, according to police. Cobb County jail records corroborate the charges against Shanks. He is being held on a $2,500 bond.

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