RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Police have charged a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that happened overnight Saturday on New Hope Church Road.
Neri Damian Cruz-Carmona, 26, was charged with felony hit-and-run causing serious death injury/death and has been transported to the Wake County Detention Center.
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The accident happened at 12:47 a.m. on Saturday when a 2009 Honda turned onto Bonneville Court from New Hope Church Road and collided into a motorcycle.
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The police report said the driver of the motorcycle was killed as a result of the crash.
The report identified the motorcyclist as Jamar Rashaun Beach.
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Police had been looking for the driver of the 2009 Honda fled the scene after the vehicle was found parked near the 3800 block of Bonneville Court.
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