ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A driver accused of a hit-and-run crash Saturday afternoon in St. Pete turned himself in on Tuesday, St. Petersburg police said in an update.
Jakil Powell, 20, was identified as the driver of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and was arrested at around 2:30 p.m., according to police. He is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death.
At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jonathan Hughes, 57, was heading westbound on 22nd Avenue South on a motorcycle in the curb lane as he approached 45th Street South, authorities say.
That's when the driver of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee, now identified as Powell, was heading in the opposite direction on 22nd Avenue South in the median lane. The Cherokee tried to make a northbound turn onto 45th Street South, failed to yield the right of way and collided with the motorcycle, the St. Petersburg Police Department said in a news release.
The driver in the Jeep reportedly continued to drive away from the crash. Hughes died as a result of the crash.
The investigation of the incident remains ongoing.