Anita Vergara Pecora, 60, died from injuries sustained in a chain-reaction hit-and-run crash on Interstate 385 in Greenville County, South Carolina
Modified Date:
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 8:53amAccident Date:
Friday, January 26, 2024Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run on I-385 in Greenville Co.
Officials learned that Pecora was standing at the back of her vehicle when another vehicle hit the SUV that had stopped to assist her, the coroner’s office said. She was taken to the hospital where she later died due to those injuries.
Upstate woman dies in hit-and-run crash after another driver stops to help on I-385, coroner says
The woman was standing at the back of her vehicle when the crash happened, officials said.
South Carolina man arrested, charged with hit-and-run after I-385 crash kills woman
Travis Desmond Hawkins, 50, was arrested and charged in the crash that happened about 10:30 p.m. Friday on Interstate 385 South near the West Georgia Road exit, or exit 29, officials said.
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Type: Pedestrian Accident
People Involved:
Anita Vergara Pecora
Travis Desmond Hawkins
Roadway:
Interstate 385City:
Simpsonville, SCCounty:
Greenville County, SC