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20-year-old woman killed crossing Clairmont Road in Brookhaven Police say dump truck driver left scene, returned 20 minutes later Omar Ali charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit and run BROOKHAVEN, Ga. - A 54-year-old Mableton man has been arrested in connection with a deadly pedestrian crash Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Clairmont Road and Dresden Drive, according to the Brookhaven Police Department. What we know: Investigators say Omar Ali was driving a dump truck around 12:06 p.m. when he struck a 20-year-old woman who was lawfully crossing the street in a marked crosswalk. Police said Ali was turning...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Body camera video showing deputies helping the Cobb County sheriff with a faulty fast food order started grabbing the attention of voters on Friday. “The video definitely tuned me in,” said Sophia Farook. Channel 2 Action News obtained three body camera videos from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office. Each one shows a deputy responding to the Burger King on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton on March 4, 2023. In the videos, the deputies approach Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens, Sr. in his truck parked in the parking lot. He tells one of them, “Hey, do me...