Woman charged in Lexington hit-and-run

WEEK. , COMING UP. BRANDON: WE ARE NOW IN THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF PHASE TWO OF REOPENING CAROLINA AS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC CONTINUES. MANY PEOPLE CAN GO BACK TO WORK, GET A HAIRCUT, AND WORSHIP INDOORS. LAST WEEKEND A FEDERAL LAWSUIT PERMITTED NORTH CAROLINA RELIGIOUS GROUPS THE ABILITY TO GATHER IN GROUPS LARGER THAN TEN. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED ALL CHURCHES TO REOPEN AND THE CDC RELEASE NEW SOCIAL DISTANCING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS, CHURCHES LIKE MOUNT OLIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM OPENED ITS DOORS TODAY. FIRST PEOPLE HAD TO UNDERGO A HEALTH SURVEY, TEMPERATURE ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED INSIDE. HERE IS WHAT ONE CHURCH MEMBER HAD TO SAY TO THOSE WHO MAY BE NERVOUS ABOUT WORSHIPING INSIDE. >> DURING THIS TIME, YOU HAVE TO BE PRAYED UP AND YOU HAVE TO. . FOLLOW THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE TO DO THESE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HANDWASHING PRACTICES TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE. BRANDON: THE CDC RECOMMENDS HOUSES OF WORSHIP PROVIDE HANDS AND ENTICE HER, ENCOURAGE FACE COVERINGS — PROVIDE HAND SANITIZER, ENCOURAGE FACE COVERINGS, INCREASE CLEANING, AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. TONIGHT, MIXED REACTIONS OVER THE RE-OPENING OF A TRIAD SPEEDWAY, WHICH ATTRACTED HUGE CROWDS OF RACING FANS LAST NIGHT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES TAKEN AT ACE SPEEDWAY IN ELON, COURTESY OF ADAM SMITH WITH THE BURLINGTON TIMES-NEWS. THE TRACK HELD ITS SEASON OPENER SATURDAY. THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER ALAMANCE COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAID THEY WOULD NOT ENFORCE THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON LARGE GATHERINGS. WE SPOKE WITH THE CO-OWNER OF A SPEEDWAY, JASON TURNER. HE SAYS THERE WERE 2500 FANS AT SATURDAY’S RACE HALF OF THEIR PERSON CAPACITY. 5000>> PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY GO AND WHAT THEY DO. AS WE REOPEN, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A SENSE OF NORMALCY. WHEN SOMEBODY PHYSICALLY BUYS A TICKET, A GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET TO COME TO A RACE, THEY ARE IN A SENSE SAYING THEY WANT TO BE THERE AND THEY GOT WHAT THEY PAID FOR. BRANDON: TURNER SAYS THEY HAVE A FULL SLATE OF RACES PLANNED FOR THIS FRIDAY. NO ONE FROM THE SPEEDWAY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW THIS WEEK AS THEY WOULD — THEY WILL BE PREPARING FOR THAT. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT ALMOST 500 NEW CASES OF COVID-19. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA TO MORE THAN 23,000. 113 NORT CAROLINIANS HAVE DIED. HERE IN THE TRIAD, 4,280 CASES ARE CONFIRMED, THAT’S AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 100 FROM YESTERDAY. BUT REMEMBER, MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED. AS OF LAST MONDAY, DHHS ESTIMATES MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. WELL, ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO CHURCH. THEY ARE CELEBRATING AT CROWDED RESTAURANTS AND BEACHES. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WARNING NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE WEARING MASKS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING. NBC’S JENNIFER JOHNSON REPORTS FROM WASHINGTO REPORTER: AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CROWD BOARDWALKS, BARS, AND BEACHES THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A STARK REMINDER OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A LIST OF 1000 VICTIMS’ NAMES ON THE NEW YORK TIMES FRONT PAGE. DESPITE THE THREAT. AMERICANS ARE DESPERATE TO GET OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER. >> THERE IS TENSION BETWEEN THE NEED TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS AND PEOPLE’S DESIRE TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSES. REPORTER: AS AMERICANS GATHER SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, WHITE HOUSE HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE ARE SPREADING THE VIRUS. >> SOCIAL DISTANCING IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. AND IF YOU CAN’T SOCIAL DISTANCE AND YOU’RE OUTSIDE, YOU MUST WEAR A MASK. REPORTER: THIS WEEKEND, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ORDERED THE REOPENING OF ALL HOUSES OF WORSHIP. THREATENING TO OVERRIDE ANY GOVERNOR WHO TRIES TO BLOCK HIS DECISION PRES. TRUMP: WHEN YOU SEE THAT THEY A ARRESTING PEOPLE IN PARKING LOTS IN CARS WITH WINDOWS CLOSED AND PEOPLE ARE BEING ARRESTED, IT IS A DISGRACE. REPORTER: BUT ALREADY A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS UPHELD CALIFORNIA’S DECISION TO KEEP CHURCHES CLOSED. MEANWHILE IN HARD HIT NEW YORK MORE SIGNS OF LIFE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. >> TODAY ALL THE NEW YORK PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN TRAINING CAMPS. I BELIEV THAT SPORTS THAT CAN COME BACK WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM. REPORTER: AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENDS A SECOND DAY THIS WEEK GOLFING, HIS MEMORIAL DAY PLANS TO FORT MCHENRY IN BALTIMORE ARE SPARKING CONTROVERSY. THE MAYOR HAS ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO RECONSIDER AS HIS CITY REMAINS UNDER A STAY AT HOME ORDER. JENNIFER JOHNSON, NBC NEWS WASHINGTON. BRANDON: NEW TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RESTRICTING TRAVEL FROM BRAZIL TO THE UNITED STATES. THE PROCLAMATION BANS PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE U.S., IF THEY’VE BEEN IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN NATION IN THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS. THE NEW RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE RESTRICTION IS AIMED AT SLOWING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SAYS BRAZIL IS THE COUNTRY WITH THE SECOND-MOST CASES OF COVID-1 TO FIND LOCAL CORONAVIRUS RELATED RESOURCES, HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE, WXII12.CO WE HAVE A COUNTY BY COUNTY BREAK DOWN OF CASES. AND INFORMATION ABOUT FOOD AND FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE AREA. NEW TONIGHT, WINSTON-SALEM POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A PAIR OF CRASHES THEY HAPPENED AROUND 7:45 THIS EVENING. POLICE SAY A PERSON DRIVING A SMALL RED CAR CRASHED INTO A JEEP AT THE INTERSECTION OF EBERT STREET AND SILAS CREEK PARKWAY. THE CAR FLED SOUTH ON EBERT, MOMENTS LATER, THE DRIVER HIT CULVERT AND OVERTURNED. NOBODY WAS INJURED IN EITHER CRASH. POLICE ARE NOW SEEKING CHARGES. ALSO NEW TONIGHT, A WOMAN FACES SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER A HIT AND RUN CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE IN LEXINGTON. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT JUST AFTER 9:00 ON COTTON GROVE ROAD NEAR I-85. POLICE SAY 56-YEAR-OLD LISA FISHER WAS DRIVING A CHEVY PICKUP, WHEN SHE HIT A MOTORCYCLE, THEN LEFT THE SCEN OFFICERS FOUND HER AT A RESTAURANT NEARBY. PERSON WHO WAS STRUCK, NOW AT WAKE FOREST BAPTIST IN WINSTON-SALEM. ALSO IN LEXINGTON, FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT A VACANT BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF WINSTON ROAD AND BIESECKER ROAD. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE FIRE BROKE OUT. IT FIRST STARTED LAST NIGHT. NO WORD IF ANYONE WAS HURT. HAPPENING NOW, BURLINGTON POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A MAN WANTED FOR ASSAULT AND TRESPASSING. THEY’RE SEARCHING FOR 28-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH WHEELER. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AT AN APARTMENT ON SOUTH MEBANE STREET, AROUND FIVE THIS MORNING. A WOMAN SAID WHEELER, HER EX-BOYFRIEND, BROKE IN A ASSAULTED TWO OTHER PEOPLE THERE. OFFICERS SAID THEY SAW HIM LEAVING THE SCENE IN A WHITE, MID-2000’S JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. IF YOU KNOW WHERE JEREMIAH WHEELER MIGHT BE, CALL BURLINGTON POLICE OR CRIME STOP

Woman charged in Lexington hit-and-run

The suspect is accused of hitting a motorcycle Saturday night.

Updated: 11:49 PM EDT May 24, 2020

A woman faces charges after a hit-and-run in Lexington Saturday night. Police say Lisa Swicegood Fisher, 56, is charged with felony hit-and-run and driving while impaired.The crash happened just after 9 p.m. Saturday near Cotton Grove Road and I-85. Police say Fisher was driving a 2007 Chevrolet pickup when it hit a motorcycle.Click the video player above to see other WXII 12 headlines.Police identified the motorcycle driver as Dylan Freeman, 21. He is now at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.Officers found Fisher a short time after the crash at a nearby restaurant. She is also charged with open container, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

LEXINGTON, N.C. —

A woman faces charges after a hit-and-run in Lexington Saturday night. Police say Lisa Swicegood Fisher, 56, is charged with felony hit-and-run and driving while impaired.

The crash happened just after 9 p.m. Saturday near Cotton Grove Road and I-85. Police say Fisher was driving a 2007 Chevrolet pickup when it hit a motorcycle.

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Police identified the motorcycle driver as Dylan Freeman, 21. He is now at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Officers found Fisher a short time after the crash at a nearby restaurant. She is also charged with open container, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.