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SUV key to solving 60-year-old man's hit-and-run death, police say

By Tyisha Fernandes, WSB-TV
By Tyisha Fernandes, WSB-TV

ATLANTA — The family of a pedestrian killed by a hit-and-run driver wants the suspect to come forward.

Even more than that, they want city officials to put speed bumps or something to slow down traffic on the road where their loved one was recently killed.

According to police, Wayne Bauman, 60, was walking along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive nearly two months ago when a driver lost control and hit the victim from behind before hitting a wall and stopping across the street in a park. The driver then left the scene.

The victim's sisters, Christina and Diane, walked their brother's exact path Wednesday with Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes and said they were terrified by what they saw.

“There needs to be a light, speed bumps, something. The cars are just flying,” Christina Bauman said.

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Police said just before noon on Jan. 29, Wayne Bauman was taking his daily walk in his neighborhood when he was hit near the corner of MLK Drive and Wellington Street.

Someone driving a silver Honda Pilot lost control of the vehicle and hit Wayne Bauman from behind, then took off. He fought for his life for three weeks at Atlanta Medical Center but died from his injuries.

“He was my partner in crime, he really was. I was very close to him,” Diane Bauman said. 

Wayne Bauman’s mother and sisters want justice but they also don’t want anyone else to die along the road.

“I really more or less want something done with the road (more) than anything else. I’m not looking to lock this person up and throw away the key, that’s not my intent,” Christina Bauman said.

Police believe someone else was in the vehicle that day and they're encouraging anyone with information to come forward.

“Just for their conscience, I think they need to turn themselves in,” Diane Bauman said.

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