Florence Find Possible Vehicle involved in Hit and Run

ON DECEMBER 20^TH AT APPROXIMATELY 5:10 PM, FLORENCE POLICE RECEIVED A CALL OF A PERSON DOWN ON CHISHOLM ROAD SOUTH OF RASCH ROAD. UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS LOCATED LORI LYNNE AVERY, 56, DECEASED. IT APPEARS AVERY WAS STRUCK BY A PASSING VEHICLE. DEBRIS FROM THE SCENE WAS COLLECTED AND RECONSTRUCTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE PARTS WERE FROM A NISSAN ALTIMA. ON SUNDAY OFFICERS LOCATED A 2007 ALTIMA IN THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH KIRKMAN STREET WITH DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A COLLISON. DECTIVES OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE FLORENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT WAS PROCESSED. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE DRIVER.

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