Liberty Ashes driver fatally struck pedestrian while backing on Cornelia Street
A Liberty Ashes driver backing a sanitation truck fatally struck a pedestrian on Cornelia Street at 5:22 a.m. on May 16, 2024, according to police and witnesses cited by Streetsblog; the city crash record also records one pedestrian death.
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What We Know
Police and witnesses cited by Streetsblog said a Liberty Ashes driver backed a sanitation truck against traffic on Cornelia Street and fatally struck a pedestrian. The city crash record places the collision at 5:22 a.m. on May 16, 2024, and lists unsafe backing as a contributing factor. Streetsblog reported that the driver remained at the scene and had not been charged at the time of its report.
The driver was backing against traffic.
Police and witnesses cited by Streetsblog said the driver backed a Liberty Ashes sanitation truck against the flow of traffic on Cornelia Street and fatally struck the pedestrian. The city crash record places the collision at 5:22 a.m. on May 16, 2024, and lists unsafe backing as a contributing factor.
Streetsblog reported that the pedestrian died at the scene. The crash record records one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Police had not released either name.
The city crash record identifies the pedestrian as a 35-year-old man. Streetsblog reported that the driver was 35 and that police had not released either name at the time of its report.
The driver remained at the scene.
Streetsblog reported that the 35-year-old driver remained at the crash site and had not been charged at the time, citing police.
Where
CORNELIA STREET