Man lying down in middle of busy Cobb County road run over by pickup truck, killed

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A man was killed early Saturday after being struck by a pickup truck while lying down in the middle of a busy Cobb County road, police said.

The crash happened just after 1:15 a.m. on Jan. 17 north of the intersection of Powers Ferry Road and Sherwood Drive, according to the Cobb County Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program unit.

Investigators said a man was lying in the roadway for unknown reasons. He was positioned perpendicular to traffic, partially in the center turn lane and the northbound travel lane when he was hit by a northbound 2014 Ford F-150…

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