LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A lady consulted her pastor earlier than turning herself in to police for a lethal hit-and-run crash, police stated in paperwork 8 Information Now obtained Wednesday.
Roxxanne Barela, 19, of Hemet, California, faces a cost of obligation to cease on the scene of an accident involving demise, data stated.
The deadly hit-and-run crash on Flamingo Street close to Palos Verdes Avenue occurred Monday, Might 5, round 3:20 a.m., police stated.
Video from a passing Tesla, which recorded the incident, confirmed a pedestrian coming into into the trail of one other automotive, which then struck her, paperwork stated. Investigators additionally discovered the entrance of the automotive’s license plate on the collision scene, they stated.
Via license-plate-reading know-how, officers situated the automotive at a close-by residence advanced.
Round 1 p.m., practically eight hours after the crash, Barela turned herself in at a Metro police substation, officers stated.
Talking concerning the sufferer, Barela instructed police “all she could see was her face and black clothing” earlier than putting her, paperwork stated.
“She left the collision scene because she was scared and drove to her friend’s apartment,” police stated. “She did not tell anyone what happened until later in the day when she called her pastor to ask her for a ride to the police station to turn herself in.”
It was not clear from court docket paperwork if Barela instructed her pastor the circumstances about why she wanted to go to police.
Barela was because of seem in court docket on Thursday. A choose beforehand set bail at $150,000. Barela remained in custody on Wednesday.
The sufferer’s identification was not out there on Wednesday.
