YORK, S.C. -- The suspect in an early morning hit-and-run accident in York Tuesday has been arrested.
York police responded to a call on U.S. 321 near West Liberty Street. Authorities issued a warrant for 25-year-old Sara Dawkins, who was suspected of rear-ending a car and fleeing the scene around 8 a.m.
Police said the impact of the crash was so strong that it sent three young children, ages 11 to 14, to the hospital.
A witness told investigators the woman, believed to be Dawkins, drove away in her mangled three-wheel Ford Explorer.
Police told NBC Charlotte's Billie Jean Shaw detectives were able to find parts of the Ford Explorer on the side of the road. And when detectives checked inside, there was no driver, only a view of the deployed airbags.
Police believed Dawkins took the Ford Explorer without the owner's permission. They said she ran off in the woods near Pickney Lane.