CHESTER COUNTY, S.C.,None — A Gastonia man with a record of drunken driving is now charged in a fatal hit-and-run.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol said 34-year-old Earl Burr was driving drunk on Thursday afternoon on Interstate 77 when he hit a car being driven by 23-year-old Brennon Conklin.
Troopers think Burr hit Conklin's car, sent it off the road and into a tree. Conklin died from blunt force trauma. His passenger, 22-year-old Kimberly Sistare was injured but survived.
After the crash, troopers said, Burr sped through the median at mile marker 51 (at the Chester County-Fairfield County line) and drove away from the scene. Authorities found Burr late Thursday, arrested him and charged him with felony DUI and leaving the scene of an accident involving a death.
Eyewitness News searched Burr's criminal record and found a long list of charges against him in Gaston County, including two previous drunken driving charges.
Burr is being held at Chester County Jail without bond.
Gastonia man charged in fatal hit-and-run
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