CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A woman has been charged after police said she struck and killed a pedestrian Saturday in north Charlotte.
Officers responded at 9:56 p.m. to the 8400 block of University City Boulevard.
The driver of the car left the scene, police say.
Kadalhia Johnson was identified as the driver after she turned herself in an hour later.
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Johnson was arrested and charged with a felony hit and run and is in custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.
Officers told Channel 9 that 35-year-old Brian Wood did not use a crosswalk and was crossing against a no crossing light.
Drugs or alcohol were not a factor with Johnson, and police were investigating if they were factors for Wood.
University City Boulevard and WT Harris Boulevard was shut down for traffic for about an hour.
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