By CBS 17 Digital Desk | April 13, 2021 at 12:51 PM EDT – Updated April 13 at 12:54 PM
DUNN, N.C. (WNCN) — A Dunn man was arrested after police said a girl was hit and killed by a car while trying to get a dog that was near the road Monday evening.
Ronald Fox, 67, was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony death by vehicle. He also faces a driving while impaired charge after Dunn police said a blood test revealed he was under the influence of alcohol.
The incident was reported just before 7:50 p.m. along Spring Branch Road near Jackson Road in Dunn, according to Dunn police chief Clark White.
A driver of a car had already stopped in the road to avoid hitting the girl.
However, another car was heading north on Jackson Road at the time.
That driver ran off the street, onto the curb and hit the girl and the car that was already stopped, White said.
The girl was taken to a nearby hospital along with the drivers of both cars, according to White.
Fox is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday and is being held on a $25,000 bond.
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