The suspect who hit and killed a girl along with his truck Saturday evening was arrested following the lethal incident.
In accordance the Broward County Sheriff at roughly 9:33 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, BSO deputies and Pompano Seaside Hearth Rescue responded to a hit-and-run name close to 130 S.W. Eighth St. in Pompano Seaside. On scene, emergency crews situated two victims, Brenda Hernandez Amaya and Omar Munguia-Henrique, who had been struck and dragged by a automobile.
It’s stated paramedics transported the victims to Broward Well being North the place Hernandez Amaya was pronounced deceased from her accidents. Munguia-Henrique was handled for accidents that weren’t life threatening.
Based on BSO preliminary investigation revealed {that a} verbal dispute occurred between Hernandez Amaya and the suspect Edwin Amaya over their shared youngster. Sooner or later in the course of the argument, Edwin Amaya walked to his Ford F-250 truck, backed up the automobile after which deliberately put it into drive and struck Hernandez Amaya with the entrance of his truck. Amaya then drove into parked vehicles whereas Munguia-Henrique was attempting to hold onto the automobile. Munguia-Henrique subsequently fell off onto the bottom. Amaya then fled on foot.
A short while later, deputies situated Edwin Amaya within the 700 block of South Dixie Freeway and arrested him. Following his arrest, he was transported to the Broward County Essential Jail and faces one depend of premeditated homicide.
– Commercial –
