Montgomery County police arrest man for deadly hit-and-run

Makea Luzader
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Police arrested a man for a hit-and-run that left a man dead on April 8.

Officers with the Montgomery County Department of Police (MCDP) said Wednesday tha they arrested 42-year-old Gilver Yuviny Zelaya Diaz of Silver Spring.

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Zelaya Diaz was charged with failure to return and remain on scene of an accident involving a death for hitting and killing Jacques Price, 26, of Silver Spring.

Police said that Price was riding his skateboard on Veirs Mill Road just before Monterrey Drive when a car hit him. Price died there.

MCPD said that the driver of the car left the scene. Officers identified the car that was involved in the crash and found it in the driveway of Zelaya Diaz’s home.

Detectives searched for him and later found and arrested him in Silver Spring.

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