GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – An arrest has been made after a woman died days after she was involved in a hit-and-run crash on I-385 on January 26.
The Simpsonville Police Department arrested 50-year-old Travis Demond Hawkins Wednesday for hit-and-run involving death.
According to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, officers with the Simpsonville Police Department were advised of a crash before 11 p.m. at I-385 and West Georgia Road.
Upon arrival, officers located a Honda HR-V and a Toyota Highlander, both of which appeared hit, and an unresponsive woman identified as 60-year-old Anita Vergara Pecora.
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.
The vehicle that caused the crash left the scene.
Shortly after investigators arrived at the crash, the suspect and the suspected vehicle were located. Hawkins was taken to the Greenville County Detention Center where he awaits a bond arraignment.