Smyrna Woman Arrested for DUI, Hit and Run

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Credit: Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

A Smyrna woman is being held on a $10,000 bond after police say she drunkenly ran over a pedestrian on Friday night.

Davida K. Anderson, 50, was driving a blue 1995 Pontiac Bonneville west down Pat Mell Road towards Favor Road at 10:21 p.m. when she allegedly hit a 35-year-old man who was trying to cross Pat Mell Road west to east. Instead of stopping to help the man, police say Anderson immediately fled the scene.

A witness was able to give police enough information to track down and arrest Anderson shortly after the wreck; Cobb County jail records indicate she was arrested just after midnight Saturday.

Anderson, who was not hurt in the collision, has been charged with serious injury by vehicle, failure to stop and render aid, and DUI. The 35-year-old pedestrian remains in critical condition at WellStar Kennestone Hospital, police said.

This incident remains under investigation, and anyone with information about it is asked to call police at (770) 499-3987.