ATLANTA - A woman has died and two men were injured after a hit-and-run crash in northwest Atlanta that police say was caused by a speeding driver who abandoned his car and later turned himself in.
What we know:
The wreck happened Sept. 1 around 5:23 p.m. at the intersection of Northside Parkway NW and Mount Paran Road NW. Officers arrived to find a Toyota Prius carrying three people.
The 23-year-old driver and a 25-year-old passenger were hospitalized with injuries.
A 62-year-old passenger was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died.
Investigators also located a Hyundai Elantra at the scene.
Police said the car had been abandoned by its driver, who was later identified as 21-year-old Buck Rollins.
Rollins is accused of speeding westbound on Northside Parkway wh