1 Dead After Car Crash On Peachtree Parkway

CUMMING, GA — A 48-year-old man has died after he was hit by a car while attempting to help the driver of another car that crashed.

At 7 a.m. on Friday, Forsyth County 911 received several calls about two people who were hit by a car on Peachtree Parkway near Granite Lane.

A Toyota Prius was traveling south on Peachtree Parkway and made a sudden left turn onto the concrete median that divided the roadway. Several people stopped to assist with the crashed vehicle.

Two people were attempting to open the driver’s side door when they were hit by a 2006 Dodge Durango that was traveling north on Peachtree Parkway. The Prius partially hid the view of the lane and the driver of the Durango did not see the pedestrians.

One of the pedestrians was taken to Northside Forsyth Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the other, identified as John Waldon, 48, of Cumming, was taken to Emory John’s Creek Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

This case remains under investigation by the traffic specialists unit.