WILMINGTON, N.C. – A construction worker was killed in a hit-and-run crash Thursday morning on a Wilmington highway, officials say.

Wilmington police say the driver, Dakota Quinn Knight, 29, drove into a construction area and struck a worker. Knight fled on foot but was found by a New Hanover Sheriff’s Office deputy behind a nearby church, police said.

Michelle Von Seggern was working with a crew paving Military Cutoff Road when she was fatally struck Thursday, Barnhill Contracting Co. said Friday in a social media post.

She worked two and a half years as a truck driver before joining the asphalt crew, the company said, noting that Von Seggern leaves behind six children and seven grandchildren in addition to other family members.

Knight is charged with felony hit and run, felony DWI and reckless operation of a vehicle, police said.