‘Lunch box was still on the road’: Suspect mowed down woman in crosswalk, ‘dragged’ her down the street before fleeing, police say

A woman mowed down a pedestrian walking on a city crosswalk in broad daylight in Virginia, killing her, and then continued driving, authorities say.

Latesha Coleman, 41, has been charged with felony hit-and-run in the death of 23-year-old Hope Cartwright, the Richmond Police Department said in a press release shared with Law&Crime. The crash occurred on Monday.

At about 5:30 p.m. that day, Cartwright was walking eastbound along the crosswalk of 2nd Street in Richmond. Suddenly, a vehicle making a left turn from East Cary Street struck her, authorities said…

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