MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — A driver is charged after hitting a woman in a Mount Airy Walmart parking lot in March, according to police.
On March 31, just after 6 p.m., officers responded to the Walmart of Rockford Street about a crash involving a pedestrian, identified as 86-year-old Bonnie Smith Hennings.
Hennings was hit by the car, then airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center where she later died from her injuries.
During the investigation, Jerry Lee Speaks identified himself as the driver the next day.
Speaks was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter among other charges.