HARTSVILLE, SC – A woman walking along the highway was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Darlington County last night, according to WPDE.
The collision occurred on Highway 151, near Santee Drive, at 8:50 p.m. on January 16, when 39-year-old Pine Ridge woman Karen Rene Felkel was struck by a driver headed northbound.
The driver fled the scene without stopping to render aid to the victim.
Felkel died at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation at this time.
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