‘We need to be more cautious:’ Police seeking help in finding suspect who hit and killed 7-year-old

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga — Clayton County police found a 7-year-old girl lying in the middle of the road dead overnight but still do not know who hit her.

Channel 2′s Veronica Griffin was in Clayton County on Sunday where she learned police are working hard to learn more about what happened.

There are spray-paint markings on the road where accident crews are trying to determine how a 7-year-old little died in a hit-and-run collision.

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The collision happened just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday along Tara Boulevard where there are three southbound lanes and three northbound lanes at Southside Commercial Parkway in Jonesboro.

The investigation led Clayton County police detectives to a nearby hotel, Magnolia Bay.

A guest at the hotel told Channel 2 Action News that the little girl was staying here and even pointed out the room to Channel 2.

When Channel 2 Action News knocked on the door, a woman inside that room stated she was “not speaking to anybody”.

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Police have not said how the child, who has not been identified, made it onto the highway in the middle of the night. They also haven’t said if she was alone at the time.

Motorist Keith Nelson did not know the little girl who died here, and he doesn’t know the driver who took off, but he told Channel 2 Action News that as a grandfather, the thought of leaving a child or anyone here to die is unimaginable.

“Because us as human beings drivers we need to be more cautious, conscious as what we doing with a vehicle,” Nelson said, “When it comes a child or a human being anything to be hit by a car unconsciously, it’s a terrible thing.”

As of Sunday night, the police do not have a description of the vehicle. Police said they’d like to hear from anyone who saw anything.

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