NC troopers look for suspect in fatal hit and run

ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC(AP)– North Carolina troopers are looking for a suspect in a hit and run that left a Roanoke Rapids woman dead.

Highway Patrol Sgt. R.E. Dudley told The Daily Herald of Roanoke Rapids that 47-year-old Sheila Brinson died after being hit by a gold-colored older model car about 1:30 Saturday morning.

Dudley says Brinson was walking on a road just out the city limits. Dudley says the car was speeding and the driver would have had to cross the center line to hit Brinson.

The car did not stop and there were no skid marks.

Dudley says the suspect vehicle would be missing a mirror on the driver’s side and have front end damage.

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