Crime & Safety

Man Killed While Walking On I-575 in Woodstock

Rommel Beckles, 26, of Snellville was walking in the middle lane on the southbound side of the interstate when he was hit twice.

A 26-year-old man was killed when he was hit by two vehicles just after before 1 a.m. on Interstate 575 in Woodstock.

Rommel Beckles of Snellville was walking in the middle lane on I-575 at the Ridgewalk Parkway interchange around 12:55 a.m. Tuesday when a passenger vehicle traveling in the same direction hit him, said Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Tracey Watson.

Watson said Beckles, who was wearing dark-colored clothing, “came to rest in the southbound left lane and a second passenger vehicle struck his body again.”

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Beckles died at the scene.

The incident remains under investigation by the state agency.

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