Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Struck in Cherokee

A 19-year-old Acworth woman was struck by an automobile in a crosswalk early Tuesday morning.

Negin Efani was struck by Dalton Mason, 19, at the intersection of Highway 92 and Wabash Trail around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, said Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.

Efani was taken to Kennestone Hospital for head wounds.

Mason has been cited with striking a pedestrian in a crosswalk, Baker said.

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The Cherokee Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating and will likely charge Mason for additional citations.


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