BELLEVIEW, Fla. — Police in Belleview said a man was arrested after a deadly hit-and-run crash over the weekend.
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Officers said 25-year-old Christian Parker was arrested after leaving the scene of a deadly crash.
The incident happened around 2:47 p.m. on Sunday in the 10400 block of South US Highway 441.
Police said a 34-year-old woman was struck while walking on the side of the road and was later found dead from her injuries.
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Witnesses told police a man driving a black Lincoln Town Car struck the woman as she crossed the highway in a marked crosswalk.
Investigators said video footage from a nearby business also captured the deadly hit-and-run.
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Police said the Marion County Sheriff’s Office informed them that Parker was driving recklessly before the deadly crash and had been driving at a high rate of speed, using a cell phone, and forcing other vehicles off the road.
Multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in the search for Parker, and he was found Monday inside a camper at his girlfriend’s house and arrested.
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The Belleview Police Department is asking anyone with information about the whereabouts of Parker’s 1999 black Lincoln Town Car to call 352-245-7044 or Crime Stoppers at 352-368-STOP (7867).
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