NEWARK, N.J. - A 26-year-old man is in custody days after police say he fled a crash that left two pedestrians dead in Newark this past weekend.
What we know:
Two women were in the crosswalk at the intersection of Park Avenue and North 7th Street when they were struck on Saturday.
The women, identified as 58-year-old Elizabeth Valverde Beltran and 61-year-old Maria Isabel DeLosAngeles Salgado Ayala, were on their way home from a World Cup watch party at the time, according to the New York Post.
They were both taken to a local hospital, where they were later pronounced dead.
Dig deeper:
David J. Zapata-Vera, 26, surrendered to police three days later in connection to the deadly hit-and-run.
He is charged with two counts of second-degree vehicular homicide, two counts of second-degree leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death and two counts of third-degree endangering an injured victim.
The Source: Information from this article was provided by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.