A 49-year-old homeless man died earlier this month after a homeless camp was being cleared by the city of Atlanta. Witnesses said a city truck crushed him.

Atlanta looks to pause homeless camp removals after man was run over and killed by city truck during clearing - ‘This terrible accident expresses the need to reevaluate and reassess our city’s policies concerning homeless encampments,

Atlanta has stopped clearing out homeless encampments after a city truck ran over and killed a man as he slept in his tent. Cornelius Taylor, 49, was in his tent on Old Wheat Street near Ebenezer Baptist Church on Jan.