1 dead in Brunswick County hit-and-run
State Troopers are investigating after a fatal hit-and-run incident Wednesday night.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — State Troopers are investigating after a fatal hit-and-run incident Wednesday night.
It happened just after 8:30 p.m. on NC 904 at SR 1312 in the Longwood area of Brunswick County. A pedestrian, identified as 80-year old Joseph Willis Butler of Shallotte, was crossing the road to help a vehicle that had gone into the ditch. While crossing, an unknown vehicle traveling South on NC 904 hit Butler and took off.
Butler did not survive.
This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the State Highway Patrol Office in Wilmington at (910)395-3917 or dial *HP.
