LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - The family has identified a woman who was killed in a hit & run crash earlier this month in Lenoir County.

The Highway Patrol has yet to officially identify the victim, but a GoFundMe page set up by her sister says Valarie Potter died in the August 5th hit & run. It says the family was notified last night that the victim was Potter.

The woman apparently was walking along Paul’s Path Road in Lenoir County when she was struck by a pickup truck. Two people walking discovered her body four days later and called the authorities.

Steven Hawkins was charged with felony hit and run with serious injury/death after a trooper spotted his pickup truck on U.S. 70 with damage consistent with the deadly crash.

Hawkins was pulled over and admitted he struck and killed

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