A candlelight vigil brought dozens of Savannah residents together Saturday evening to honor 14-year-old Marcus Anderson, who died in a hit-and-run incident on December 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s Happening:<\/strong> Community members gathered at the intersection of Ferguson and Glade Avenues, where the fatal crash occurred. Attendees shared memories of Anderson and prayed together at the January 4 vigil, held one week after the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s Important:<\/strong> Two men have been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run. They face charges of tampering with evidence and obstruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How This Affects Real People:<\/strong> The Anderson family has established a GoFundMe campaign that has raised over $17,000 to help cover funeral expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Process:<\/strong> Georgia law requires drivers to stop at accident scenes, especially when injuries occur. Leaving the scene of a fatal accident carries serious criminal penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s Still Unknown:<\/strong> Whether additional charges will be filed against the two men as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A candlelight vigil brought dozens of Savannah residents together Saturday evening to honor 14-year-old Marcus Anderson, who died in a hit-and-run incident on December 28. What’s Happening: Community members gathered at the intersection of Ferguson and Glade Avenues, where the fatal crash occurred. Attendees shared memories of Anderson and prayed together at the January 4 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"behind","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5790],"tags":[12829,20059],"class_list":["post-240625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-hit-and-run-2","tag-marcus-anderson","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}