New mom killed in hit-and-run, family pleads for driver to come forward

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WKRC) – A woman was killed after she was struck and dragged by a vehicle in a shopping center parking lot early Jan. 7, authorities said.

PEOPLE reported that deputies responding to a welfare check around 3 a.m. found Dané Josephine Waddell, 31, dead at the scene on Whitney Road, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office. Waddell was the mother of a baby girl born in October 2025.

Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said Waddell suffered fatal injuries after being run over and dragged by a vehicle. No arrests have been made, PEOPLE reported…

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