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Woman hit and killed while crossing the street with a shopping cart in East Macon

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office started investigating a deadly pedestrian collision in Macon. The call came in around 12:42 a.m. Sunday.
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The Bibb County Sheriff's Office started investigating a deadly pedestrian collision in Macon. The call came in around 12:42 am. this morning.

MACON, Ga. —    

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says a woman pushing a shopping cart was struck by a car while crossing the street on Shurling Drive. 

It happened around 12:42 a.m. early Sunday on Shurling Drive at Pinehill Drive.

The driver of the car did return to the accident site. 

No one else was hurt. 

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene by coroner Lonnie Miley. She has been identified as 82-year-old Janet Virginia Green Towels, according to Coroner Leon Jones.

Jones says she was known to push her shopping cart around the Shurling Drive area for years. 

Anyone with information about the identity of the woman should contact the Bibb Sheriff's Office (478)751-7500.

    

    

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