Terrell- On Friday, May 8th, at approximately 08:50 p.m., The NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision involving a pedestrian on NC 150 near Emerald Isle Drive, in Catawba County. A 2012 Jeep Liberty was traveling East on NC 150 and collided with a pedestrian in the roadway.
The driver of the Jeep, Abigail Wooten, 20, of Kannapolis was not injured.
The pedestrian, Madison Palmer, 27, of North Myrtle Beach succumbed to her injuries at the scene of the collision.
Speed or impairment are not suspected as contributing factors involving Ms. Wooten, but Troopers do suspect Ms. Palmer was possibly impaired at the time of the collision. At this time, no charges have been filed in this case.
During the on-scene investigation, NC 150 was closed for several hours.