These fatal hit and run crashes occurred in Halifax and Northampton counties, the most recent being one on March 26 in which Sheila Brinson was struck and killed on Branch Avenue in the Lincoln Heights community outside Roanoke Rapids.
Brinson was walking west in the eastbound lane of the road when a westbound vehicle crossed the center line and struck her and then left the scene.
Sergeant R.E. Dudley told rrspin.com this morning the case has been turned over to the State Bureau of Investigation. “We can't locate the car. We have a suspect but we haven't been able to locate the car.”
Dudley said it is not clear whether the collision was intentional and added it could have involved an impaired driver.
The Highway Patrol reported in March investigating troopers are looking for a champagne or silver colored car which at the time was believed to be missing a left side view mirror and had left front end damage.
The cars could be 1992 through 1994 models of the Grand Marquis or Crown Victoria. The collision occurred shortly before 1:30 that morning.
May 20, 2009, approximate time 11:17 p.m.
In Northampton County on the Rockfish Capital bridge north of the Halifax County line pedestrian Quintin Lee Tillery was struck initially by a 2006 Dodge vehicle headed northbound operated by M. Geneen Ann Lashley-Roger that displaced him onto the southbound lane. Then an unknown vehicle traveling north on the highway collided with the pedestrian on the roadway, leaving the scene.
March 7, 2009, approximate time 7:41 p.m.
This hit and run collision occurred in Northampton County on Interstate 95 south of Highway 46. A vehicle driven by Criedric Washington was southbound on Interstate 95 when it was struck from the rear by an unknown vehicle also traveling south on Interstate 95. The vehicle driven by Washington lost control and crossed the median, then collided with a vehicle traveling northbound on Interstate 95. That vehicle was driven by Daniel Zoul. D’ Andrea Devette Taylor, a passenger in the vehicle driven by Washington, was ejected and died at the scene. The vehicle that struck Washington’s vehicle left the scene.
July 3, 2005, no approximate time given
This hit and run collision occurred in Halifax County on Thirteen Bridges Road near Enfield. A pedestrian, Milton Earl Hedgepeth, was walking east against traffic in the westbound lane. A vehicle was traveling west and struck Hedgepeth in the roadway and left the scene.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Highway Patrol at 252-536-2224, Halifax County Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444 or Northampton County Crimestoppers at 252-534-1110.
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