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Mobile Native PVVII Bradley Powell was struck and killed in a hit and run on the base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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Updated: Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 8:38 AM CST
Published : Wednesday, 12 Dec 2012, 6:41 PM CST

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The family of a local soldier who was killed in a hit-and-run in accident December 8 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina announced plans for his funeral.

Family for 20-year-old Army Private Bradley Powell said visitation will be held Sunday, December 16, from 5-8 p.m. and the funeral will be Monday, December 17, at noon. Both will be held at Life Church on Zeigler Boulevard in Mobile.

Family said Powell moved to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina recently. At around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, he was hit by a car while walking on base.

A Ft. Bragg spokesperson said a civilian, Sarah Rogers of Fayetteville, N.C., was later stopped at a sobriety checkpoint and questioned by Army Criminal Investigators.

She was released to her family and remains a person of interest.