CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - A Georgia Amazon driver was arrested and charged in a deadly hit-and-run in Cherokee County.
Cherokee Sheriff’s deputies responded to a hit and run accident involving a pedestrian on Cumming Highway near Jordan Lane around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The pedestrian, identified as Sandra Fitts, 79, of Canton, was killed in the collision, according to authorities.
Authorities say that evidence at the scene indicated the suspect vehicle “was possibly an Amazon delivery truck,” according to a release issued by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
“A deputy had spotted an Amazon truck turn down Bishop Drive while responding to the accident and called for assistance to the area to search for the vehicle,” the release stated.
Authorities say a Canton Police officer located an Amazon truck on Bishop Drive with damage consistent with the evidence located at the accident scene.
The investigation revealed that the Amazon truck was the vehicle that struck the pedestrian, and the driver of the vehicle, London Best, 24, of Alpharetta was arrested and charged with First Degree Vehicular Homicide, and Hit and Run Resulting in a Death.
The driver remains in custody with a without bond.