Crime & Safety

Atlanta Police Seek Driver In Bar One Hit-And-Run Incident

The truck hit restaurant sign and kept going.

Atlanta police are looking for the driver of a white delivery truck that hit the pole in front of Bar One, shattering the sign that identifies the Grant Park eatery at 687 Memorial Drive SE.

The incident, caught on Bar One's security cameras, occurred at 7:50 a.m. Feb. 28, Heather Joi Kenney, president of the Peter Thomas Entertainment Group, told East Atlanta Patch.

The bar, which opened four months ago, is owned by restaurateur Peter Thomas, whose wife, Cynthia Bailey, is one of the stars of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reality television show.

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The sign, Kenney said, will take about three weeks to replace.

Anyone with information is urged to call Atlanta police at 404.575.TIPS (8477) or the bar direct at 404.522.0999.

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