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81-year-old woman hit and killed near SouthPark mall in south Charlotte

This story was updated on Nov. 20 with the pedestrian’s name:

A driver hit and killed an 81-year-old woman who was crossing Sharon Road in south Charlotte Tuesday night, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said.

The 39-year-old Lexus driver hit the pedestrian at about 6 p.m. in the 5400 block of the road, according to police. That’s just south of Fairview Road and SouthPark mall.

On Nov. 20, a week after the collision, police identified the pedestrian as Christa Frazier.

Frazier was not in a crosswalk, but no crosswalks are in the area, according to a CMPD news release.

“At the time of the crash, it was dark and raining with limited visibility in the area,” the police news release said.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 704-432-2169 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

Joe Marusak: 704-358-5067; @jmarusak

This story was originally published November 13, 2018 at 11:09 PM.

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