Lauren Brandon, 36, dies after crashing into home on Allgood Avenue and Woolard Drive after separate alleged hit-and-run in Hope Mills, North Carolina

Homeowner Alvin Carter said he was awakened by the noise of the impact and went outside to find Brandon's 1994 Lincoln car was on fire. "I tried to put out the fire," Carter said. "Then someone comes up, and says is there anybody in the car? I didn't see anybody in the passenger side, went around to the driver's side and looked in and it was kind of dark, but you could tell somebody was in there, definitely deceased." The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said Brandon was impaled by the fence and died at the scene. A portion of Carter's home was damaged in the incident. Authorities said before the accident, Brandon had been involved in a hit-and-run at a nearby McDonald's restaurant on Legion Road, then left the scene.