Pedestrian, 73, Killed In Atlanta Hit-And-Run

ATLANTA — A 73-year-old man was killed Saturday morning after being hit by a vehicle near the 1400 block of Arthur Langford Jr. Place, Atlanta Police said.

The man was crossing the roadway around 2:45 a.m., when he was hit by an unspecified silver sedan, police said. The car fled the scene before officers arrived, police said.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was not identified.

The APD's Accident Investigations Unit is overseeing the probe in the fatal crash. Potential charges are unknown.