A woman is behind bars after allegedly crashing into a man who was changing a tire on I-20 and killing him Thursday night, Atlanta police said.
Officers responded to the crash in the eastbound lane of the interstate near Windsor Road about 11:35 p.m. At the scene, they found the man lying on the shoulder of the road, police said in a news release. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Rolando Ramos-Lucas, 34, of DeKalb County, by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Ramos-Lucas was changing his tire when he was struck by a female driver, police said. Authorities did not say if the driver, who was identified by police as Jessica Redmond of Chicago, remained at the scene.
Redmond was arrested and charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, improper lane change, seatbelt violation, driving too fast for conditions and driving within a barrier. She was released from the Fulton County Jail on bond three days after the wreck.
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