A MAN IS DEAD AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AS HE WALKED ACROSS CENTRAL AVENUE AT TRAMWAY TUESDAY NIGHT. POLICE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF THE CHEVY SUBURBAN THAT HIT THE VICTIM SINCE THE TIME OF THE CRASH. NOW. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS SEAN TAYLOR, HAS GIVEN HIMSELF UP.
TAYLOR APPARENTLY CALLED 911, AND TRAFFIC UNIT OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM PIECES OF INFORMATION HE TOLD THE DISPATCHER.
THEY ARRANGED FOR TAYLOR TO TURN HIMSELF IN.
A WARRANT WAS WRITTEN FOR TAYLOR’S ARREST. HE’S CHARGED WITH
LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT WITH DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM.
APD SAYS TAYLOR INITIALLY TOOK OFF AFTER STRIKING THE PEDESTRIAN TUESDAY NIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER FOUND…UNOCCUPIED.
