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Hickory Woman Killed While Crossing Highway 70; Driver Charged
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 8, 3:33 PM EDT
updated Oct 9, 6:37 AM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WSOC-TV (Channel 9 ABC), WJZY (Queen City News FOX 46) and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A Hickory woman was killed while crossing Highway 70 in a fatal crash, leading police to charge a Burke County driver, WSOC-TV reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (4), version 2, Oct 9, 8:19 AM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Pedestrian killed in Hickory crash; driver charged · WCNC-TV
- Hickory police investigate fatal traffic crash · Hickory city
- Burke County man charged in crash that killed Hickory woman crossing the street · WJZY (Queen City News FOX 46)
- Hickory woman killed while crossing Highway 70; driver charged · WSOC-TV (Channel 9 ABC)
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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