{"id":310868,"date":"2026-10-20T22:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310868\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:36:09","slug":"arrest-made-for-fatal-hit-and-run-in-east-norriton-twp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310868\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest made for fatal hit-and-run in East Norriton Twp."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Montgomery County announced the arrest of a Philadelphia man for a deadly hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sharifa Jackson Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/12226524_wpvi_bio_sharifajackson_160x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, October 20, 2026 9:20PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">EAST NORRITON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Authorities in Montgomery County announced the arrest of a Philadelphia man for a deadly hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Andy Nunez Vasquez is charged with hitting and killing 29-year-old <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/family-remembers-teacher-hit-suspected-drunk-driver-tractor-trailer-east-norriton-pa\/19812235\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricardo Baptiste<\/a> in East Norriton Township.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andy Nunez Vasquez\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19961294_102026-wpvi-Andy-Nunez-Vasquez-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The crash happened at Germantown Pike and Whitehall Road <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/pedestrian-struck-car-tractor-trailer-driver-suspected-dui\/19801534\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">back on September 6th<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities say Baptiste was hit by a white sedan, then run over by a truck.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ricardo Baptiste\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19961303_102026-wpvi-Ricardo-Baptiste-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators used surveillance video and a ride-share app to place Vasquez at the scene at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Baptiste, a resident of Lansdowne, was a kindergarten teacher and a father to a 3-year-old girl.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities in Montgomery County announced the arrest of a Philadelphia man for a deadly hit-and-run. WPVI Tuesday, October&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[127157,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-310868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-127157","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}