A woman died after being struck by a car in Spring Lake early Thursday morning, officials said.
A little before 6 a.m., police officers responded to a call in the 1200 block of North Bragg Boulevard in regard to a car hitting a pedestrian, according to a release from the Spring Lake Police Department. When they arrived, police found 41-year-old Venita Robinson of Spring Lake unresponsive. She was later pronounced dead on scene.
The 55-year-old man who was driving the vehicle that hit her sustained no injuries, police say. Police Chief Troy McDuffie said that because the investigation is ongoing, the department is not releasing the driver s name but hopes to do so in the near future.
The percentages of Black drivers stopped and searched in Cumberland County, Hope Mills and Spring Lake vary from year to year, state records show.
The police chiefs in Hope Mills and Spring Lake and a spokesman for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office say they are confident that their law enforcement agencies treat drivers fairly.
The Fayetteville Observer analyzed statistics compiled by the State Bureau of Investigation to determine the percentages of Black drivers and white drivers who were stopped and searched from 2010 through the first six months of 2020. The Hope Mills and Spring Lake police departments and the Cumberland County Sheriff s Office stopped and searched fewer vehicles than larger agencies, so smaller variations could impact the percentages from year to year.