A Lawrenceville man was arrested Monday in connection with a hit-and-run that left a 79-year-old woman dead, police said.
Lenny Evon Decouto, 51, allegedly struck and killed Tran Hong while driving a U-Haul truck at the intersection of Daniel Lane and Johnson Road on Sept. 10, Lawrenceville police said in a news release.
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Hong died at the scene, according to the release. Decouto faces charges of first-degree vehicular homicide, felony hit-and-run and failure to maintain lane.
He is in the Gwinnett County Jail without bond on the felony charges, according to jail records.
In other news:
Police said Dondril Tye was trying to cross the street when she was hit.
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