A 23-year-old woman died in a crash involving a hit-and-run driver suspected of speeding and running a stop sign in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood late Thursday, police said.
Sophie Klippel was pronounced dead at the scene in the 1400 block of The Plaza, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.
Klippel was a passenger in a Kia Soul hit by a Honda Odyssey, police said. The Honda driver abandoned the car and ran away, according to CMPD.
2 injured, police say
The Kia driver, Lena Klippel, 21, and another passenger, 62-year-old Kelly Klippel, were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Sophie Klippel was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car, according to CMPD…