Atlanta

Police: Man running from police hit, killed by cars on interstate

Pedestrian hit on I-285

ATLANTA — Part of a metro Atlanta interstate is back open after drivers hit and killed a man.

Police say the man was trying to get away from officers.

Cars hit him around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday along Interstate-285 at Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.

Atlanta police say they responded to a call about drug activity. When they pulled up, several men ran away and officers chased one man who tried to cross the interstate.

Authorities identified the man as 29-year-old Demetrious Smith.