POSTED: 3:54 pm EST February 25, 2006
MARIETTA — Cobb County police on Saturday asked the public to be on the lookout for a red pickup truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run.
David Alexander Overduijn, 21, of Marietta, was killed when he was struck by the truck while walking on Bells Ferry Road at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Witnesses told police the truck sped away heading south, ran a red light turning left onto Cobb Parkway, and disappeared.
Police said the truck was a late 90s or early 2000 model Nissan Frontier.
It will be missing its antenna and an outside mirror and have damage to the grill and headlight on the passenger side.
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Thank God, David’s mom and sister can be spared from the torture of knowing this guy was still out walking free….
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Police arrest suspect in hit-and-run death
From staff reports
MARIETTA – Police said Tuesday that they have arrested a suspect in the Feb. 25 hit-and-run death of 21-year-old David Alexander Overduijn on Bells Ferry Road.
Cobb County Police spokesman Officer Wayne Delk said Troy James Phillips, 23, of Marietta was arrested Tuesday afternoon.
He is being charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, duty of driver, tampering with evidence and failure to maintain lane, Delk said.
It is not yet known if Phillips is the owner of the blue Nissan Frontier police said was involved in the accident.
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