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Woman charged with murder following moped crash
Posted: 09.09.2011 at 10:48 AM
Updated: 09.09.2011 at 4:00 PM
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Barbara Chavis Wright
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Myrtle Beach police charged a North Myrtle Beach woman with Murder Thursday evening.

Barbara Chavis Wright, 63, was originally arrested on Tuesday after a man told police she had intentionally hit the back of his moped with her car on Oak Street around 6 p.m., according to the police report. The man said Wright was his ex-girlfriend.

A woman who was riding on the moped, Keesha Godley, 40, was taken to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center for treatment after being hurt in the crash. She died Thursday of head trauma.

Wright was arrested shortly after the incident and initially charged with Aggravated Assault. She is now charged with Murder, Attempted Murder and two counts of Hit and Run.

Bond has not been set.

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