Toddler ID’d in pedestrian crash death on Peters Road

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 2-year-old has died after a pedestrian crash on Peters Road, authorities say.

The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says 2-year-old Aura Demoni Moody from Augusta was hit by a vehicle and pronounced dead at Wellstar at 9:22 p.m. on Friday.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the scene of an unknown situation on the 1100 block of Peters Road on Friday.

Deputies say after arriving, they found a 2-year-old was playing on the sidewalk with their family when a female driver drove up on the sidewalk, striking the toddler.

The victim was taken to a local hospital by family members, according to the sheriff’s office.

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The Richmond County Coroner’s Office says the toddler was pronounced dead at the hospital at 9:22 p.m.

An autopsy has been scheduled.

The sheriff’s office says charges are pending at this time.

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This isn’t the first pedestrian crash that has happened this week.

On Wednesday, 52-year-old James King died after being hit by a vehicle on Deans Bridge Road – one of four thoroughfares that account for an outsized number of Augusta’s pedestrian deaths in Augusta.

As of Wednesday, 53 people died on these four roads in the last 10 years: Peach Orchard Road, Mike Padgett Highway, Deans Bridge Road and Gordon Highway.