A man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run in Oakland Park that left a pedestrian dead earlier this week, authorities said.
Khaleel Ky Won Carey, 22, of North Lauderdale, is facing charges of failure to stop at the scene of a crash involving death and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, an arrest report said.
Deputies responded to the area of West Prospect Road and Northwest 9th Avenue around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday after receiving a call about a person possibly dead under a bridge, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said.
The person was found and pronounced dead at the scene. Their identity hasn’t been released.
According to the report, a witness said she saw a black sedan on Northwest 9th Avenue driving slowly with a front headlight out before she said she was flagged down by a man asking her to call 911 due to a pedestrian being hit.
When authorities arrived, car parts were found at the scene including a driver’s sideview mirror, exterior black trim pieces and a headlight assembly which were found to belong to a 2016-2018 Nissan Maxima, the report said.
Surveillance video showed a black sedan driving from the crash scene with damage and a driver’s side light missing, and license plate readers got the car’s tag which came back to a 2016 Maxima, the report said.
Investigators found the car in North Lauderdale, and it had the license plate removed and was partially covered by a tarp, the report said.
The Maxima had damage consistent with the parts recovered from the fatal crash scene, the report said.
Investigators spoke with Carey, who said he was driving home and was passing under the bridge when something hit his vehicle, the report said.
Carey said he looked around and didn’t see anything so he continued driving home, but admitted he saw the damage to his vehicle and covered it up to hide it from his parents, the report said.