21-year-old Gwinnett man charged in DUI hit and run, Athens police say

A Gwinnett County man was arrested and charged in connection to a deadly hit and run on Tuesday morning, according to Athens-Clarke County Police.

At around 3:40 a.m., an Athens police officer was on West Broad Street when the officer heard a vehicle crash in the area.

The officer went to the scene, finding an unresponsive man in the road. The car that hit him had left the scene. The pedestrian, identified as 34-year-old Michael Kitchen of Madison, was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries.

The driver was found and identified as 21-year-old Benhur Tesfai of Lilburn. Tesfai was arrested and charged with DUI, vehicular homicide and hit and run.

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Channel 2 Action News has requested Tesfai’s booking photo.

Police are continuing to investigate this incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Athens police at 762-400-7169 or Joey.Lewis@accgov.com .

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