TAMPA, Fla. — A man is behind bars after hitting and killing someone with their car before leaving the area in Tampa, Florida Highway Patrol says.
According to law enforcement, Christopher Alvelo, 25, was arrested on Tuesday after trying to recover the car involved in the crash.
The incident happened just before 6 a.m. Sunday on Hillsborough Avenue east of Benjamin Road.
A car driving eastbound on Hillsborough Avenue collided with a man who was either walking in or across the roadway, troopers said. The man died at the scene.
After the crash, FHP says Alvelo sped off on Hillsborough Avenue. Based on car parts left at the crash scene, troopers got a description. Investigators say they later found the 2016 Hyundai Sonata abandoned in a McDonald's parking lot on Hillsborough Avenue near Lois Avenue – just east of where the crash happened.
FHP says Alvelo was taken to the Hillsborough County Jail and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.