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Date: 
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The victim was walking east on State 86 in Anderson County at about 8 p.m. Tuesday when a pickup truck veered off the side of the road, hit Varick Scott Kimbrell, 43, and collided with a fence. The pickup then left the scene of the accident, but a witness was able to get the truck's tag number, and the driver was identified as Jason Yeargin of Piedmont. Yeargin was charged with felony DUI and hit and run involving death.

Date: 
Monday, October 13, 2014

Authorities were searching Monday night for a late 1990s black-over-silver Lexus LS-400 sedan that might have been involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed 16-year-old Isaiah James McGuiness. McGuiness was walking on U.S. 25 near the intersection of Lily Street when he was hit by at least one vehicle about 5:10 a.m. Monday. It is believed the victim was hit by several vehicles that fled the scene.