GASTONIA, N.C.– The body of a woman was found on I-85 south at Cox Road Sunday morning.
Police say that they responded to the area for a pedstrian struck around 5:30a.m. Upon arrival, officials found 28-year-old Tamesha Beam of Gastonia, dead from traumatic injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle.
Officials say that the victimβs sister reported she had seen Beam an hour beforeΒ finding her on the side of the roadway, and that the two of them were getting a ride home from Charlotte when there was an argument in the vehicle.
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Police say that the driver then pulled the vehicleΒ over at the entrance ramp where everyone exited the vehicle. Beamβs sisterΒ continued to walk to her home near the location of the incident. The driver reported thatΒ she saw an unknown type vehicle come down the entrance ramp, heard a noise, butΒ proceeded to go back to her vehicle, and leave the scene.
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Approximately an hour later, theΒ sister and driver talked on the phone and found that Beam was notΒ with either one of them, so they both returned back to the scene and found Beam onΒ the side of the roadway.Β
The GPD Traffic Enforcement Bureau is conducting the investigation, and is askingΒ
that any witnesses who might have seen the collision or anyone with any information toΒ
help solve this case to contact Officer J. Sarratt at (704) 842-5166. Or a message may beΒ
left through the GPD front desk staff at (704) 866-6702
