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Driver Pleads Guilty in Fatal Hit-and-Run | Fayetteville News
A driver who fled a deadly hit-and-run crash just before the holidays faces up to 10.6 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and felony hit-and-run — charges that killed 24-year-old Kortney Summer Atkins and left her son, father, and another passenger critically injured. Williams, driving the wrong way on U.S. 70 Bypass in Johnston County, collided with a Jeep, causing a fire that claimed Atkins’ life. He evaded police for three weeks before being caught on I-95 in Harnett County. His status as a habitual felon further escalated his sentence, underscoring the…
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