Several fatal pedestrian-related incidents, including at least two fatal hit-and-runs, occurred in Beaufort County in 2017.

The night of Feb. 28, 59-year-old Hope Moore, of Hoytville, Ohio, died as the result of being struck by a vehicle. Moore was staying at the Hampton Inn in Washington and had crossed the street to buy dinner at one of the restaurants in the Cherry Run shopping center located at the intersection of West 15th and West Fifth streets. At approximately 7:45 p.m., she was returning to the hotel when she was struck by a Nissan Altima, according to police.

Tiffany Tarail Baez, 41, of Lindbeth Drive in Greenville, turned herself in at the Washington Police Department on March 2. Baez was accompanied by an attorney, police said, and she was charged with felony hit and run and driving with a revoked license. She has a Jan. 23, 2018, court date.

On March 16, Jake Rogers, 89, died after being struck by a car on Market Street Extension. About 1 p.m. that day, Rogers, who lived at 3188 Market St. Ext. in Washington, crossed the road to check his mailbox, when a Pontiac G6 struck him.

At the time of its initial investigation, the State Highway Patrol said there might be charges pending against the driver, but that would be determined. The driver had not been identified as of the initial investigation.

On April 8, Kenneth Scipio, 33, was in the road in front of his house when he was struck about 4 p.m. by a mini-van headed north on U.S. Highway 17 about a mile north of its intersection with VOA Road.

Two days after the incident, the State Highway Patrol had not filed charges against the driver, a woman, who had reportedly been unable to exit her vehicle without help after the accident because of broken glass.

Ella Oden, a longtime Washington resident, died after being struck by a vehicle the night of Sept. 5 as she crossed West 15^th Street. Oden, 68, lived on Holly Glen Drive. She became familiar to many people as she walked downtown streets, often going into businesses and singing gospel songs. A makeshift memorial was erected on the shoulder of 15^th Street at the accident site.