CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Family members of two young Upstate women killed in a hit-and-run crash in Charleston still await justice from state legislators, a year after their deaths sparked the conversation for stricter laws.
Between access points to the Ravenel Bridge and downtown Charleston’s four-lane Morrison Drive, three crosses are perched in memory of Lizzy Zito and Arianna Gamber.
Loved ones gathered along Morrison Drive in a two-hour vigil and protest on Saturday for the Simpsonville natives. Each cross bearing the name of the victims, decorated with hearts, butterflies and other sentiments in their memory.
April 28 will mark one year of their passing. The two were hit by two different vehicles and killed, according to reports from the Charleston Police Department. Both Zito and Gamber were 20 years old and graduates of Woodmont High School in Piedmont…