Troopers: 5-year-old girl dies days after hit-and-run

UNION COUNTY, N.C. (WWAY) – Highway Patrol said a 5-year-old girl has died days after a hit-and-run collision at a Union County soccer field.

The incident happened on Oct. 3 around 3:15 P.M. on Houndscroft Road near the Fieldstone Farms Housing Development off Poplin Road near Indian Trail.

Deputies said the driver of the car jumped a curb and hit three people before driving away.