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Police charged a 26-year-old woman with hit-and-run after she fatally struck a 30-year-old woman in a roadway with her car Sunday on Freedom Drive.
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A 26-year-old woman charged in a fatal hit-and-run this weekend was accused of being intoxicated at the time of the crash, police said in a news release Monday.
The crash occurred at 12:02 a.m. in the 2800 block of Freedom Drive on Sunday when Yolanda Brown was accused of fatally striking Deanna Moore, 30, with her car in the roadway.
A police arrest affidavit said officers spoke to witnesses who described the vehicle. The vehicle, a silver Saturn Vue, was later found at a home nearby, the affidavit said.
Police gave Brown a sobriety field test after she showed “signs of impairment,” and she failed, the affidavit said. Brown should have also known to stay at the scene after her vehicle was damaged, police said.
An officer also found cocaine in Brown’s jacket during a search, the affidavit said.
Brown was charged with felony death by vehicle, hit-and-run, and possession of cocaine. She is being held on a $250,000 bond at Mecklenburg County Jail, according to records.
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Jeff A. Chamer
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