Tips from the public, video surveillance, and a vanity license plate left at the scene led police on Saturday evening to arrest a driver suspected of hitting and killing a 7-year-old child with autism in Acworth earlier this month. The accident occurred late in the evening on January 9, when the child left her home without the knowledge of her parents. She was struck while walking in the eastbound lane of New McEver Road, east of McEver Drive, and died at the scene. The vehicle reportedly sped away from the scene, leaving a University of Alabama vanity license plate behind.
Police sought assistance from the public in locating the vehicle, which they said had front-end damage as a result of the accident, ultimately locating and arresting the 47-year-old suspect over the weekend. He has been charged with felony hit-and-run.
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