Athens, GA : Pedestrian killed in fatal crash near Georgia Square Mall on Thursday, 19th March, 2020

A truck struck a person walking across Atlanta Highway at 3:35 a.m. Thursday, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police Department press release. The person later died due to injuries sustained in the crash.

The victim, Sidney James Batchelor, 69, from Toccoa, was walking from the RaceTrac parking lot toward Perimeter Inn Athens when a commercial box truck collided with him, according to the release.

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