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Police reveal new details about a pedestrian killed on a busy Lake Norman road

Police named the pedestrian killed on a busy Lake Norman road on Friday and said no charges will be filed.
Police named the pedestrian killed on a busy Lake Norman road on Friday and said no charges will be filed. Street View image from April 2023. © 2025 Google

Police revealed new details Tuesday about the woman who was killed on a busy Lake Norman road last week.

Elizabeth Wagstrom, a 63-year-old Huntersville resident, was lying in the 10000 block of eastbound Gilead Road when a driver hit her around 6 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3, police said in a news release. She had dark clothes on, officers said.

Wagstrom was pronounced dead at the scene, and no charges are expected, police said.

Police aren’t saying if they know why Wagstrom was in the road, but asked anyone with information about the collision to call Sgt. Bryan Gantt at 704-464-5371.

The driver remained on scene and cooperated with investigators, according to a police statement on Friday. “No determination has been made regarding factors that contributed to this collision,” officials said.

“The Huntersville Police Department extends sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased,” according to the police statement.

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