The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office announced Nov. 13 that a woman was killed in a hit and run accident on Cumming Highway.
The pedestrian killed has been identified as Sandra Fitts, 79, of Canton.
Cherokee Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched the evening of Nov. 12 at about 6:30 p.m. to a hit and run accident involving a pedestrian on Cumming Highway near Jordan Lane.
Evidence at the scene indicated the suspect vehicle was possibly an Amazon delivery truck. A deputy had spotted an Amazon truck turn down Bishop Drive while responding to the accident and called for assistance to the area to search for the vehicle. A Canton police officer located an Amazon truck on Bishop Drive with damage consistent with the evidence located at the accident scene.
The investigation revealed that the Amazon truck in question was the vehicle that struck the pedestrian.
The driver of the vehicle, London Best, 24, of Alpharetta, was arrested and charged with first degree vehicular homicide and hit and run resulting in a death.