Two Pedestrian Fatalities in Richmond County Friday Night
Teen Shot and Killed at Home In Wrens
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen says two pedestrian deaths are under investigation. Thirty-five-year-old April Nicole Harrod of the 3100 block of Mike Padgett Highway was hit by a vehicle near her home Friday night. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:28 p.m.
About 30 minutes later, authorities were called to the report of another pedestrian fatality. Sixty-year-old Tommy West Jr. of the 3000 block of Jessie Way was hit by a vehicle on Peach Orchard Road at Byrd Road. He was also pronounced dead at the scene.
Bowen says no other information is being released at this time.
Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.
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