Pedestrian killed on Powder Springs in Cobb County on Friday morning

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A fatal collision involving a pedestrian closed multiple lanes near Powder Springs and Sandtown Road SW in Cobb County on Friday morning.

The Marietta Police Department asked drivers shortly after 7 a.m. to avoid the area for at least the next hour until they are able to clear the scene.

The police department later told FOX 5 Atlanta that an adult pedestrian, identified as 63-year-old Michael Kinyon of Marietta, was crossing Powder Springs when they were struck by a 2011 Hyundai. Kinyon was pronounced dead at the scene. It appears the pedestrian was not in a crosswalk and the driver who struck the pedestrian stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police.

At this time, no other information has been released. 

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