NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Newport News police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a 51-year-old woman dead.
On Monday, Jan. 15 around 12:30 a.m., officers responded to reports of a person in the road on the 15000 block of Warwick Boulevard.
A preliminary investigation revealed that Sonia Renee Hammonds, of Williamsburg, hit a curb and crashed her Mercury Sable several miles back on Warwick Boulevard.
While walking to a Raceway Gas Station, Hammonds was hit by another vehicle. Police say the driver fled the scene.
Hammonds was taken to a local hospital where she died just after 2 a.m.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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