KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ( WATE ) — A 75-year-old woman is dead and a 45-year-old woman has been charged following a hit-and-run incident Monday night on North Broadway, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
The victim has been identified as Ollie Jenkins of Knoxville . KPD stated in a news release Tuesday morning that the suspect identified as Heather Johns , 45, of Knoxville has been charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication after leaving the scene of a fatal pedestrian-involved crash.
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KPD officers responded to the crash scene along North Broadway at Buchanan Avenue at around 8:50 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, where a woman had been struck by a vehicle that had left the scene.
Witnesses of the crash described the suspect vehicle, giving officers a potential tag number as well. Officers then responded to a Knoxville address linked to the tag number, which was located in the 700 block of Chickamauga Avenue…