Fayetteville police said Tuesday that they are investigating a scooter wreck that led to a woman's death as a hit-and-run.
Tara Elizabeth Pritchett, 23, of Fayetteville was riding a 2015 scooter east on West Persimmon Street early Friday, according to a state police report. She then collided with another vehicle headed north on North Mountain Ranch Road as she tried to cross the intersection at 4:38 a.m.
A preliminary crash report from Arkansas State Police said Pritchett hit the left side of the other vehicle.
However, Sgt. Anthony Murphy of the Fayetteville Police Department said it appears that the other vehicle hit Pritchett’s scooter after running a stop sign.
“It’s difficult to know what happened,” he said. “The other vehicle left, the woman died, and there were no witnesses.”
Pritchett was taken to White River Medical Center, where she died a few days after the crash, police said.
Conditions at the time of the crash were reportedly clear and dry.
At least 269 people have died on Arkansas roads this year, according to preliminary data.
