Marietta pedestrian seriously injured on North Fairground Street

The Brief

  • Pedestrian struck on North Fairground Street
  • Victim hospitalized with life-threatening injuries
  • Driver cooperating; investigation ongoing

MARIETTA, Ga. A Marietta man was seriously injured Friday morning after being struck by a vehicle on North Fairground Street, police said.

What we know:

Officers with the Marietta Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program responded around 6:30 a.m. to the intersection of North Fairground Street and Washington Avenue. Investigators said 38-year-old David Shackelford was walking in the northbound lanes when he was hit by a northbound 2009 Ford Escape driven by a 49-year-old man, also from Marietta.

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