MACON, Ga. — A woman has been found dead on a Macon road Thursday morning.
According to Bibb County Chief Coroner Leon Jones, the body was found along the 4400-block of Interstate Drive.
Interstate Drive runs right next to I-475 off of Columbus Road.
Jones identified the woman as 51-year-old Valeria Patterson.
The sheriff's office says an unknown vehicle hit Patterson while she was walking along the road.
Investigators say the driver of the vehicle failed to stop and notify the Sheriff’s Office of the accident.
The vehicle involved in the accident is believed to be a mid 2000s silver Mercury sedan.
