Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in south Charlotte

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police reported that a pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle that fled the scene Tuesday night around 9:40 p.m. The crash occurred near Nations Ford Road and Colony Acres Drive, just north of East Arrowood Road, according to WBTV.

Police asked people to avoid the area on Tuesday night as several police cars blocked parts of the roadway. No further details about the crash were immediately available.

This incident adds to a series of recent pedestrian crashes in the Charlotte region. WBTV noted a recent high-profile case where a 6-year-old girl was killed in a hit-and-run near a school bus stop in Charlotte last month.

Additional recent cases include a woman in Chester County, South Carolina turning herself in after a hit-and-run that injured a child, and a 12-year-old hit by a car while riding an e-scooter in Matthews last weekend, with no charges filed yet.