Police to close Atlanta Highway Sunday for fatal hit-and-run reconstruction - Gainesville Times

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Police to close Atlanta Highway Sunday for fatal hit-and-run reconstruction

At 11:45 p.m. Sunday, April 22, Gainesville Police were dispatched to a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian at 1750 Atlanta Highway where Edwin Omar Velasquez-Galeas, 25, was pronounced dead on scene. - photo by Scott Rogers

04242018 HIT — At 11:45 p.m. Sunday, April 22, Gainesville Police were dispatched to a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian at 1750 Atlanta Highway where Edwin Omar Velasquez-Galeas, 25, was pronounced dead on scene. - photo by Scott Rogers

Police will close part of Atlanta Highway on Sunday, May 6, to reconstruct a fatal April 22 hit-and-run. “The public should expect intermittent road closures on Atlanta Highway from Memorial Park to Industrial Boulevard from 2-6 p.m.,” Sgt. Kevin Holbrook said.