Police identify woman killed in Cramerton hit-and-run; pair arrested

CRAMERTON, N.C. — Two women were arrested after another woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday in Cramerton, officials said.

Gaston County Police arrived on Church Street just before 2 p.m. and found a dead woman in the street near the driveway of the house, according to a press release.

“I wish I could have done more.”
Talking to a man who rushed to try to help a neighbor in Cramerton. She was hit and killed on Church Street by a driver who kept going. Gaston County Police have the residential community blocked while detectives search for answers. pic.twitter.com/WG2syAQBs3
— Ken (@kenlemonWSOC9) March 30, 2020

Police identified the victim the next day as Dana Jackson Robinson, 44, who lives on the street.

Channel 9 crews were there as Gaston County police blocked off the residential community during the investigation.

Initial reports indicated Robinson was struck by a vehicle in a hit and run, and further investigation revealed the homicide occurred during the felony theft of a vehicle, according to police.

Later Monday, Gaston County Police, with help from Lowell and Ranlo Police, located two suspects — Ashley Nicole Martin and Tabatha Lee Dingess — believed to have fled the scene after the woman’s death, as well as the two vehicles they fled in.

Martin, 32, of Lowell, and Dingess, 38, of Stanley, are being held without bond at Gaston County Jail.