Police: Woman used her car to hit 2 females

By Toya Graham - Toya Graham

A Rock Hill woman was in jail Friday after police said she intentionally ran into another woman and her mother with a Crown Victoria the day before.

Larhonda Hemphill, 20, of 947 Carolina Ave. faces two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, said Lt. Jerry Waldrop of the Rock Hill Police Department.

Around noon Thursday, two female teenagers and a 20-year-old woman were traveling in a Honda along Carolina Avenue when they stopped at a stop sign. Hemphill pulled the car door open and a fight started, according to a report from the Rock Hill Police Department.

The woman and teens in the car drove off and went to their mother's house on Oates Street. The report notes Hemphill followed the Honda in a purple Crown Victoria.

"As she (the victim) was getting out of her vehicle, she (Hemphill) ran into her and pinned her between the two cars," Waldrop said. "When the victim's mother saw what happened, she came out (of the house) and was hit."

When the victim's mother fell to the ground, Hemphill backed up and ran over the woman's foot, according to the report.

The woman, 37-year-old Tiffany Currance, suffered a broken right foot in the incident, she said when reached at home Friday. Currance's daughter suffered a sprained finger, Currance said.

"I thought I was in a dream," Currance said. "It was like something from a movie. I was only trying to keep my girls out of harm's way."

A judge on Friday set Hemphill's bond at $100,000. She remained in custody Friday night at York County Detention Center.

The incident marks the second time in less than a month that a York County woman has been hit by a motorist while attempting to protect her children. On April 24, a Fort Mill woman suffered a broken foot and broken toes after she threw herself in front of a car that accelerated toward her children and others who were playing in a church parking lot.

Police later charged Phyllecia Chantel Whitlock, 22, of Rock Hill with assault and battery with intent to kill.