Man suspected of killing teenage girl in Apache Junction hit-and-run turns himself in
A man suspected of fatally striking a 16-year-old girl from Mesa with his pick-up truck on U.S. Route 60 near Meridian Road Sunday morning has turned himself in, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
DPS said that the collision happened at 7:40 a.m. on eastbound U.S. Route 60 at the Meridian Road off-ramp near milepost 194, according to a news release on Sunday. Officials believe the girl was walking along the highway when she was struck. It was not immediately clear if speed or impairment were factors in the collision.
The man, 45-year-old Robert C. Moyer II of Peoria, turned himself in at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office headquarters in downtown Phoenix around 8 a.m. on Monday where he was arrested on the charge of leaving the scene of a fatal collision.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Man suspected of killing teenage girl in hit-and-run turns himself in
