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An Athens woman was killed Tuesday morning after she exited a car that had stopped on the Athens Perimeter and was hit by a passing vehicle, according to Athens-Clarke police.
The fatal collision was reported at 11:49 a.m. on a northbound stretch of the bypass between the Lexington Road and Olympic Road exits, police Lt. Shaun Barnett said.
Police said Angelica Johnson, 32, of Athens died from injuries suffered after being struck by the vehicle.
Officers investigating the death are faced with a double mystery. The car that Johnson got out of left the scene as did the vehicle that hit her, according to the report.
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run that killed an Athens woman on Tuesday on Outer Loop 10 near Olympic Drive, according to a press release.
Angelica Johnson, 32, was a passenger in a vehicle that was driving on Outer Loop 10 when she exited the vehicle and was struck by another vehicle. Neither vehicle remained on the scene. Johnson was transported to the hospital but died from her injuries, according to the release.
Anybody with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Det. Scott Black at 762-400-7058 or scott.black@accgov.com, or contact Ofc. Dustin Tilley at 762-400-7355 or dustin.tilley@accgov.com.
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has released body camera footage from the Feb. 18 officer-involved shooting in which Timothy Daniel Statham, 37, was shot and killed by three ACCPD officers.