MACON, Ga. — A man is dead after he was hit while walking on the side of the road in East Macon near Delores A. Brooks Recreation Center, according to Macon-Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley.
It happened near the 3200 block of Ocmulgee East Blvd.
19-year-old Sabastian Lee Hack was pronounced dead at 9:45 p.m. The driver of the vehicle that hit Hack did return to the scene and reported the crash, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.
Anyone with information can call the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
It marks the 12th pedestrian death in Macon this year.
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