Crime & Safety

Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver in Oak Street Accident in Athens, Ga.

Kennesaw University student Emily Bowman remains in a coma at Athens Regional.

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Athens Clarke County Police are searching for the driver of a red Mazda pickup that allegedly hit and severely injured Emily Bowman as she walked on the grassy should of Oak Street with a companion early Saturday morning.

Emily Bowman was in Athens to attend a friend's birthday party. She remains in a coma at Athens Regional, where she was taken after the incident.

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According to a story in the Athens Banner Herald, the pickup is registered to a 22-year-old Cartersville man, whose mother lives in Watkinsville and father in Lawrenceville. Neither the man nor his parents are cooperating with police, the story says.

Also, police found a bottle of liquor inside the truck, the story says, and empty beer cans in the truck bed.

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Emily Bowman's companion saw the truck cause the accident, the newspaper story says, and another witness allegedly saw the driver, who abandoned the truck, walking on Lexington Road near Carmike Cinemas 12 at 4am.

The investigation is ongoing, the Athens Banner Herald says, and police expect to make an arrest.


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