Crime & Safety
Woman Dies After Cape Hit-And-Run Crash
Police are looking for the driver who hit Welton Willis-Gregory on Sept. 14, before leaving the scene.
YARMOUTH, MA — The woman injured in a Sept. 14 hit-and-crash in West Yarmouth died Tuesday, according to police. Police identified the victim as Welton Willis-Gregory.
"The men and women of the Yarmouth Police Department offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Welton Willis-Gregory," Yarmouth police said in a statement.
Police said the crash happened sometime before 9:3o p.m., outside the Howard Johnson Motel at 226 Route 28. Emergency officials rushed to the motel, gave Willis-Gregory first aid and took her to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, before airlifting her to a Boston hospital.
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Police said the vehicle that hit Will-Gregory left the scene before emergency officials arrived.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Yarmouth police at 508-775-0445, extension 2100.
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