Nearly a decade after 25-year-old Corey Brown was killed in a hit-and-run in east Charlotte, the driver remains unidentified. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are again asking the public for information. No one has been charged, and the family is still waiting for answers.
Brown was walking along Lawyers Road near Donnefield Drive in east Charlotte in January 2017 when a car struck him and the driver left the scene, according to WBTV. Police have reported that no one has come forward and the case remains unsolved, and investigators are once again asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers. The driver has never been identified.
Earlier accounts of the crash, reported by wbtv.com, place the collision around 6 p.m. on January 15, 2017, while a separate report from Queen City News put the time at 6:13 p.m. in the 7200 block of Lawyers Road and reported that Medic pronounced Brown dead at the scene. Police have said the driver took off after the collision, and that no surveillance footage or video has ever turned up showing the crash or the vehicle involved.
A Neighbor Who Knows the Danger Firsthand
Felix Torres, who lives along Lawyers Road, did not know Brown before his death. He told WBTV that he has nearly been hit by a car twice while getting around the community in his power chair. Torres said the risk extends to anyone using that stretch of road…