Woman charged in connection to fatal hit-and-run in North Myrtle Beach during bike week
A 42-year-old woman fled the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in North Myrtle Beach during Bikefest and now she faces two felony charges, according to a police report.
North Myrtle Beach police charged Ginger Jewel Horton, of Surfside Beach, with hit-and-run with death and hit-and-run with great bodily injury. She was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Saturday and released on Sunday after posting $100,000 bond.
Police responded to a motorcycle wreck on U.S. 17 near 47th Avenue South around 1:45 a.m. on May 24, according to a police report. The wreck happened on the first day of the Memorial Day weekend bike week.
A motorcycle driver — later identified as William Hogue, 61, of Fayetteville, North Carolina — was dead in the roadway. A woman passenger had non-life threatening injuries and went to the hospital.
The injured passenger told emergency responders that a black vehicle made a left turn in front of them from a median turn lane, the report states. At the hospital, the woman told police that they were heading south on Highway 17.
The vehicle left the scene without calling the police or providing aid, the victim said.
Neither person on the motorcycle wore helmets, the report states.
A witness at the crash site said she saw a new, black Nissan Altima in the parking lot of nearby Duplin Winery with two women standing nearby, according to the report.
Horton called police 10 hours after the wreck and said she was the driver of the Altima, according to an arrest warrant. Officers spoke to Horton who admitted to driving the Nissan, the report states.
This story was originally published May 28, 2019 at 9:52 AM.
