2 abandon car, run off after running over man lying in Peachtree Road

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ATLANTA — Police are searching for a driver and passenger who they say hit and killed a man and then drove off.

Police say a man was lying in the middle of Peachtree Road in front of Piedmont Hospital around 4 a.m. when he was run over by a white Nissan Maxima.

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Investigators say the Nissan did not stop after the crash and continued driving to a parking lot a few blocks away.

Witnesses told police they saw a male driver and female passenger abandon the car and run off.

The man’s name has not been released.

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