Victim in hit and run fatal crash identified

The victim of the fatal hit and run crash last Friday is 73-year-old Elizabeth Jernigan, of Murfreesboro.

Jernigan and hit while crossing Memorial Blvd. by a man driving a Nissan Maxima around 9:17 p.m. August 14. She was pronounced deceased at Stones Crest Medical Center a short time later.

The investigation is active and on-going.

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