ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — Ormond Beach police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to a hit-and-run crash Wednesday morning during which an 18-year-old woman was killed.
Investigators said Noah Motto and the victim, Ericka Dane, got into an argument around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the Ormond Green subdivision.
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Police said Motto eventually drove away from the home in a pickup truck and struck Dane when she ran onto Ormond Green Boulevard in an attempt to get him to stop.
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Dane died at the scene.
Motto left the scene in his truck but was quickly taken into custody by Volusia County deputies as he pulled into a driveway in Ormond By the Sea, officials said.
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Motto has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.
Police said the investigation into Dane’s death is “active and ongoing.”
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