15-year-old girl dies nearly a month after hit-and-run in while riding e-bike in North Carolina, more charges pending: Police

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A 15-year-old girl has died after a hit-and-run crash while riding an electric bike in east Charlotte nearly one month ago, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Around 5:45 p.m. on Monday, November 24, officers responded to a hit-and-run with injury on the 3500 block of Driftwood Drive. When they arrived, they found a damaged 2011 Dodge Caliber and a damaged electric bicycle.

The bike rider, 15-year-old Amber Caralexa Paris, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. She succumbed to her injuries on Friday, December 19…

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