Crime & Safety

Cobb Pedestrian Struck, Killed Sunday

Mableton woman was reportedly walking in the northbound lanes of Mableton Parkway.

A Mableton woman died as a result of being hit by a car while walking in the northbound lanes of Mableton Parkway early Sunday morning in Mableton.

According to Cobb County police, Vanessa Ordonez De Los Santos, 31, was walking in the vicinity of South Gordon Road around 5:30 a.m. when she was hit by a vehicle also traveling in the northbound lane of Mableton Parkway.

According to authorities, she was pronounced dead shortly before 9 a.m. at WellStar Cobb Hospital.

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Driver Milton Ariaz, 60, of Mableton, was arrested and charged with driving without a valid Georgia driver’s license, but no further charges are expected in the case, according to Cobb Police Officer Mike Bowman.


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