CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A woman has been charged after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian in Steele Creek, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Around 8:20 a.m. on Monday, October 6, officers responded to a crash involving a pedestrian in the 9700 block of Shopton Road. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive man on the road.

The man, 76-year-old Hanh Hoang, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, but later died, police said.

The driver, 41-year-old Alma Monica Velaseuz, and her Toyota Camry stayed at the scene. Investigators believe Hoang was crossing Shopton Road in a marked crosswalk when he was struck by the Toyota.

Velasquez was not impaired nor speeding at the time of the crash, officials said. She was charged with m

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