NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The driver allegedly responsible for a deadly hit-and-run crash Monday in South Nashville has been taken into custody.
Charles Fountain, 65, was killed while riding a scooter on Old Hickory Boulevard near Firestone Parkway when he was hit by a pickup truck that drove away from the crash.
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“We seen a body laying down in the middle of the street,” one witness told News 2. “That was hurtful.”
On Wednesday, officers with Metro police said they found the truck allegedly involved parked at an apartment complex on Edmondson Pike. However, the driver was nowhere to be found.
“Whoever did it — come forward please,” the witness added. “Come forward.”
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According to a press release, it was a tip that led officers to the parked, gray Toyota Tundra. The registered owner of the truck told officers the driver wanted to surrender.
Karla Guadalupe Armendariz, 25, was taken into custody in Brentwood and interviewed. She admitted to drinking six beers and taking a prescription drug prior to the crash, according to Metro police. She claimed to have blacked out and did not remember the collision.
Police said Fountain, a truck driver from Florida, had parked at the TA Truck Stop Monday and rode his scooter to a nearby Dollar General. As he was headed back to the truck stop, the MNPD said the pickup truck dragged the scooter for more than 900 feet.
Armendariz was booked into the Metro jail and charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication, leaving the scene of a crash involving death and driving without a license. Her bond was set at $100,000.
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