Beloved woman hit and killed during winter storm remembered for her passion to help cancer patients
By Christian Petersen
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LEXINGTON, North Carolina (WXII) — Davidson County is mourning a Lexington woman killed during the winter storm, the first storm-related fatality in the Triad.
Barbara Hartwell touched many lives through her countless hours raising money for Cancer Services of Davidson County and on Tuesday, those folks said they are shocked and saddened that she’s gone.
According to Lexington Police, Barbara Hartwell was walking on the sidewalk along South Main Street when she was struck by a vehicle that lost control during the first wave of the weekend’s winter storm.
The vehicle ended up at the bottom of an embankment. Due to the hazardous weather conditions, the vehicle was left there overnight. The next morning, Lexington Police were called back to the scene where Hartwell’s body was discovered.
Ray Howell is the Executive Director of Cancer Services of Davidson County. He said Hartwell was passionate about raising money for cancer patients.
“A lot of folks uptown knew her because she and her cart would be a presence. She would take that cart up and down and, a lot of folks knew her. She would sometimes sell things that she had handmade, whether it be knitting or crocheting. But every year, two of our events, she loved to go around and get people to sponsor her. And, and she might have bothered some of those people until they wrote her a check to make her go away,” Howell said.
The Lexington Police are still talking to the district attorney’s office about possible charges, but investigators said they don’t believe anyone in the vehicle realized they had hit a pedestrian.
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