NCHP provides description of vehicle involved in hit-and-run that killed Robeson County woman Carolyn Locklear (Source: Robeson County Sheriff s Office) By WMBF News Staff | May 7, 2021 at 1:47 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 3:41 PM
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) – The North Carolina Highway Patrol released new information on the vehicle that hit and killed a woman in Robeson County and didn’t stop.
Troopers were called to investigate around 7:30 a.m. Monday to Old Lowery Road in Red Springs, between the Thunder Valley Racetrack and the Thunder Valley Sun-do.
They said they found 58-year-old Carolyn Locklear of Shannon had been hit and killed by a vehicle.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have charged more than 50 people and seized 60 vehicles as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing.
Police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol and municipal and county law enforcement agencies throughout the Charlotte area.
Warrants for the charge of prearranged racing were issued following a grand jury indictment naming 54 suspects.
The crackdown was launched last year after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received several complaints in October about aggressive driving and street racing, particularly around the area of Interstate 485 and Prosperity Church Road.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in North Carolina have charged more than 50 people and seized 60 vehicles as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol and municipal and county law enforcement agencies throughout the Charlotte area.
Warrants for the charge of prearranged racing were issued following a grand jury indictment naming 54 suspects.
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The crackdown was launched last year after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received several complaints in October about aggressive driving and street racing, particularly around the area of Interstate 485 and Prosperity Church Road.
More than 50 people charged, 60 vehicles seized in NC illegal street racing crackdown
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol. Author: Associated Press Updated: 5:43 PM EDT May 6, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Authorities in North Carolina have charged more than 50 people and seized 60 vehicles as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol and municipal and county law enforcement agencies throughout the Charlotte area.
The crackdown was launched last year after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received several complaints in October about aggressive driving and street racing. A multi-agency enforcement effort over six months resulted in more than 2,500 traffic stops and nearly 3,500 violations.