Man sitting on highway killed by passing car

A man whose car had broken down on the side of the Eatonton Bypass/U.S. 441 died after being hit by a car, according to Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell.Larry Russell Wight, 64, of Martin, was sitting on the road around 12:05 a.m. Saturday when a BMW car hit him. Wight succumbed to his injuries en route to The Medical Center, Navicent Health, in Macon. The Putnam County ...

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