10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, update:
An arrest has been made after a 17-year-old girl, Savannah Alice Hawkins, of 2320 Delway Hwy., Rose Hill, was struck and killed on US 421 Saturday night.
Antoinette Worrell, 50, of 180 Perry Drive, Rose Hill, has been arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run, failure to report an accident, and driving while license revoked.
Worrell is in the Sampson County Jail under no bond.
The accident happened near Harrells at around 7 p.m. Saturday night.
Troopers with the NC State Highway Patrol said Worrell, the driver of a burgundy Ford Fusion passenger car, was last seen traveling north on US 421 toward Clinton.
According to the Highway Patrol, Savannah Alice Hawkins of 2320 Delway Hwy., Rose Hill, was struck by the Fusion in the northbound lane of US 421 near Josephus Road, just north of Harrells. The accident was witnessed by her family members. The Highway Patrol says the family members immediately rendered aid, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
See the full story in Tuesday’s edition of The Sampson Independent.