Mableton Man Killed While Walking on I-285

Photo: Jarvis Eddie Paul Cohen of Mableton. Credit: Sandy Springs Police Department

By Kristal Dixon

All eastbound lanes on I-285 before the Powers Ferry Road interchange were blocked due to a pedestrian fatality involving a Mableton man on the interstate in Sandy Springs Friday morning.

The accident occurred around 4:30 a.m. Feb. 6 just east of the Cobb County/Sandy Springs border. A BMW X5 SUV was traveling eastbound on I-285 when it was “struck from behind by a Chevy Tahoe,” said Sandy Springs police spokesperson Sgt. Ron Momon.

The Tahoe then struck the median wall while the BMW came to a stop in the right emergency lane. Momon said the driver of the Tahoe, 28-year-old Jarvis Eddie Paul Cohen of Mableton, walked across the interstate to the right emergency lane.

“The driver attempted to walk back across the interstate towards his vehicle and was struck by a vehicle,” he added. “The male driver of the Chevy Tahoe was pronounced dead at the scene.”

The driver of the vehicle that struck Cohen is not being charged at this time, said Momon.

Friday morning’s accident comes on the heels of another pedestrian fatality occurring Jan. 22. Gayla Joyce Walker of Dunwoody was walking along the interstate at Roswell Road when she was fatally hit just before daybreak.

Her body was discovered around 6 a.m. on the westbound side of the interstate near the Roswell Road interchange.