MONTEREY — A 19-year-old girl from North Carolina was killed in a hit-and-run collision on State Route 1 on Sunday, based on a information launch from the California Freeway Patrol.
The girl was recognized as Maddie Elizabeth Fletcher, a 19-year-old from Shelby, North Carolina, based on the Monterey County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Round 9:47 a.m., the Monterey Communication Middle acquired a report of a crash, authorities stated. Fletcher was driving a black Honda Civic within the first lane northbound on SR-1 north of Munras Avenue. A automobile had been driving within the second lane to the fitting facet and behind Fletcher’s automobile when it veered into the primary lane and hit the again of the Honda Civic, CHP stated.
The Honda misplaced management and veered off the highway, authorities stated, the place it then started to overturn earlier than crashing right into a tree. The automobile got here to cease on its wheels going through south on a mud embankment.
The automobile that hit Fletcher’s automobile, which was unidentified, fled the scene and continued driving northbound on SR-1, CHP stated. The driving force of the automobile has not been recognized. Authorities have no idea whether or not medication or alcohol performed a job within the crash, authorities added.
Fletcher was pronounced deceased on the scene on account of deadly accidents sustained within the crash, CHP stated.
CHP is asking for the general public’s help in figuring out the motive force of the unidentified automobile. Anybody with info can contact the CHP Monterey Space Workplace at (831) 796-2160 24 hours per day or at (831) 770-8000 throughout enterprise hours.
