Pedestrian struck by hit

May 22, 2024

A female pedestrian walking her dog on North Main Street in Mount Airy was injured by a hit-and-run driver, who also struck another vehicle and a utility wire.

Shana Christina Goodwin, 39, was taken to the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem in stable condition with multiple injuries.

The motorist involved in the late Thursday afternoon incident on North Main Street near Grace Moravian Church was still being sought by city police Friday.

Goodwin, 39, who resides in the North Main area, was walking her dog about 5:15 p.m. Thursday when a car “ran up on the sidewalk and struck her,” Lt. A. Pardue of the Mount Airy Police Department said.

The woman was heading south, on a sidewalk in an area between the Grace Moravian and Oakdale cemeteries, the same direction as the vehicle that struck her — described as an older-model Chrysler 300.

“We arrived to find a young female laying in the street in the rain, complaining of lower-leg pain,” said city Fire Chief Zane Poindexter.

His department was dispatched to the scene through its first-responder role for motor vehicle accidents and other emergencies.

“The poor girl was just sitting there writhing in pain,” the fire chief said.

Poindexter added that fire personnel stabilized the victim and sheltered her from the heavy rainfall at the time, until the Surry Emergency Medical Service arrived and transported Goodwin to Winston-Salem.

She initially was believe to have suffered a lower-extremity fracture, with the extent of her injuries updated Friday by hospital personnel.

“We’ve spoken to them this morning and they told us she had multiple pelvic fractures,” Lt. Pardue said.

Goodwin is said to regularly walk her dog in that area. When she was hit Thursday, it got loose.

Pardue said the animal was not at the scene when police arrived and it isn’t known if the dog, of an unknown breed, has been recovered.

Driver sought

After hitting Goodwin, the car struck a guy wire attached to a utility pole in front of Grace Moravian Church.

Its driver then proceeded to the nearby intersection of North Main and Grace streets, where the Chrysler collided with a small passenger car that incurred minor damage — before fleeing the scene.

The vehicle was described as a circa 2005-model Chrysler 300, black in color.

Its appearance should stand out due to Thursday’s series of incidents, according to police.

“The vehicle is going to have pretty extensive front-end damage,” Pardue advised.

A full description was not available for the driver.

Anyone with information that might lead to an arrest can call the Mount Airy Police Department at 336-786-3535.