ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council members are calling on the public to help find a hit-and-run suspect after a woman was killed while crossing a busy street last year Friday.
On September 19, 2022, a driver struck 33-year-old Brittany Glover on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway and drove off, killing her.
"I gave her life, and Atlanta you took it. So, it's your responsibility to step up and help me solve this problem," Glover's mother, Valerie Handy-Carey, said at a news conference Friday.
Council members Keisha Waites and her colleagues increased the reward to $10,000 to help find Glover's killer at a news conference. The mother was also honored with a proclamation to honor Glover's life.
"We will continue to stand with this family until justice is served," Waites said Friday. "It is my hope to join Ms. Handy, family and other legislators throughout the city and state to change engineering designs in communities where we have had these types of challenges. So we have not done enough, in fact we failed in many way.
Glover earned her wings with Spirit Airlines; she moved to Atlanta for better opportunities in the airport industry. Carey described her daughter as excited about the world.
"Brittany was passionate about her family. She was very loyal to family and friends," Carey said. "She was excited about traveling the world. That was one reason why she wanted to become a flight attendant."
Her loved ones gathered earlier this year on the highway where she was killed to remember her and rally for pedestrian safety changes.
Cary vowed to fight in her daughter's honor for pedestrian safety after her daughter's death. She has already requested that the speed limit be reduced and that extra lighting is added to the stretch of road where her daughter was killed.
"Reducing the speed limit would be one way to be held accountable," Carey said, "Putting in the signage--a stop sign for the pedestrians to be assisted to walk on their own. They can push a button. And they can be ushered or signaled to walk when it was safe. And then, arresting the people who did it."
Atlanta Police tell 11Alive there have been no arrests in connection to Brittany's death. If you know anything, please contact Atlanta Police.