MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit and run that occurred Thursday morning at 1:39 a.m.
Deputies found a man unresponsive on Irwinton Road near Hitchcock Road. Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced the man, James Otis Collins, dead on scene.
The driver and vehicle are unknown.
Authorities describe the man as a black male, five foot seven to five foot eight in height, slender, weighing from one hundred fifty to one hundred sixty pounds, and is aged between fifty and sixty years old.
Coroner Lonnie Miley says an autopsy will be performed.
The incident is currently under investigation.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.