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.
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. 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. Emily Bowman's …
