Toddler ID’d in pedestrian crash death on Peters Road
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 2-year-old has died after a pedestrian crash on Peters Road, authorities say.
The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says 2-year-old Aura Demoni Moody from Augusta was hit by a vehicle and pronounced dead at Wellstar at 9:22 p.m. on Friday.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the scene of an unknown situation on the 1100 block of Peters Road on Friday.
Deputies say after arriving, they found a 2-year-old was playing on the sidewalk with their family when a female driver drove up on the sidewalk, striking the toddler.
The victim was taken to a local hospital by family , according to the sheriff’s office.
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The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says the toddler was pronounced dead at the hospital at 9:22 p.m.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
The sheriff’s office says charges are pending at this time.
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This isn’t the first pedestrian crash that has happened this week.
On Wednesday, 52-year-old James King died after being hit by a vehicle on Deans Bridge Road – one of four thoroughfares that for an outsized number of Augusta’s pedestrian deaths in Augusta.
As of Wednesday, 53 people died on these four roads in the last 10 years: Peach Orchard Road, Mike Padgett Highway, Deans Bridge Road and Gordon Highway.
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