Young woman dies in hit & run on Mike Padgett Highway

Date: September 07, 2023

An Augusta woman died after being struck by a hit & run driver early Wednesday while walking on Mike Padgett Highway.

Zyionna Fields, 21, was struck by a southbound vehicle at 3077 Mike Padgett Highway, about 2.5 miles from where she lives on Dudley Drive, Coroner Mark Bowen said.

Zyionna Fields (contributed photo)

The young woman was pronounced dead at 2:54 a.m. Wednesday. An autopsy is scheduled.

No information has been released on the vehicle or any possible suspects.

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The Author

Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

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