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A death of a child 'always strikes home.': An 11-year-old girl was hit by a car and fatally injured while crossing a Charlotte street. The driver has not come forward.

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| June 28, 2006 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Melissa Manware

Jun. 28--If the driver who hit Alexis Raven Perry had stopped, police say he or she probably would not have been charged in the 11-year-old's death.

But the driver hit the brakes briefly and then kept going. Now, a year to the day after the rising middle school student was struck as she darted across North Sharon Amity, the driver still hasn't come forward.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police haven't given up, but they say they've chased all leads to their end and have nothing else to go on.

"I haven't had anything new on this in a long time," Detective Charlie Brown told the Observer this week. "This was a child. Those…

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