Driver in fatal west Lubbock crash arrested

A 22-year-old man surrendered to police Tuesday morning in connection with the investigation into a fatal March 24 crash in west Lubbock involving a pedestrian.

Christopher Holyfield was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center about 8 a.m. on a count of failure to stop and render aid involving a death, a second-degree felony that carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison. His bond is set at $30,000.

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Holyfield's charge stems from a Lubbock police crash investigation that began about 11:30 p.m. March 24 when officers responding to a crash near the intersection of 19th Street and Kelsey Avenue found Keyanna English-King on the road. English-King was pronounced dead at the scene.

Crash investigators believe English-King was walking on the south side of the road in the 8800 block of 19th Street when she was struck by an SUV, which fled the scene.

At the scene crash investigators collected debris from the scene crash and found broken vehicle pieces that indicated the crash likely involved a Jeep SUV.

Two days later, a detective was driving in the 6000 block of 76th Street where he spotted a Jeep SUV with front-end damage.

The detective called crash investigators and followed the vehicle in his personal car to the Research Golf Center in the 1400 block of Research Boulevard, according to an arrest warrant.

An officer responding to the report spotted the SUV and the driver, later identified at Holyfield.

A sergeant with the crash unit also arrived and spoke with Holyfield at the parking lot and asked him what happened to his vehicle.

Holyfield reportedly told the sergeant he hit a hog about 10:30 a.m. on March 24 at a place he called "Dale" where it connects to U.S. Highway 84, the warrant states.

The sergeant confronted Holyfield and told him the damage appeared to be consistent with a fatal hit-and-run crash two days before.

Holyfield reportedly said he knew he hit a hog because he got out and looked at it.

Holyfield was read his Miranda rights and stopped speaking with police, who seized the Jeep and brought it to the department's processing facility where investigators compared the debris found at the scene of the crash to the damage on the vehicle.

"The collected portion from the scene of the crash matched up perfectly to the damage to the front of the vehicle," the warrant states.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Warrant: Suspect in deadly Lubbock hit-and-run claimed he hit a hog