Elderly woman left for dead in Atlanta hit-and-run

ATLANTA - Atlanta police have made an arrest in a hit-and-run that killed an elderly pedestrian along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in southwest Atlanta.

Officials responded to the scene on Saturday just before noon where a driver left the 81-year-old woman in the street. She was pronounced dead by medical personnel.

While investigating, officials located, arrested and charged a 49-year-old man with the crime.

Neither the victim nor the suspect have been identified yet.