‘Within 3 minutes, she was gone’: Colleagues mourn 23-year-old editor killed in Richmond hit-and-run

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The driver accused of hitting and killing a 23-year-old Richmond magazine editor, then leaving the scene, has been denied bond a second time. The crash happened just feet away from the woman’s workplace, where staff are mourning her passing.

On Monday, Feb. 16, Hope Cartwright was hit by a driver at the intersection of South 2nd and East Cary streets. The scene of the crash was near Virginia Living, the Richmond-based magazine, where she worked as an associate editor.

“We just can’t process it,” said Madeline Mayhood, editor in chief of Virginia Living. “I saw her at 5:30… [I said,] ‘See you tomorrow,’ and within three minutes, she was gone.”…

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