Crime & Safety
Driver Arrested After Fatal Hit-and-Run on Peabody Road
A Fairfield resident was killed while walking on Peabody Road early Wednesday morning.
A 28-year-old Fairfield resident was killed in a hit-and-run accident Wednesday morning in that city, and the driver authorities say is responsible was arrested hours later.
According to the CHP, Moses L. Sala was found lifeless on Peabody Road near Chuck Hammond Drive just before 9 a.m.
"Evidence discovered at the scene, suggested a 2012 Chevy pick-up truck had struck the pedestrian several hours earlier and was no longer located at the scene," the CHP said in a press release. "The immediate investigation that followed, led CHP officers to a Vacaville address where the suspect’s vehicle was located and seized."
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The alleged driver, 23-year-old Alex Perez, Jr., was arrested and booked into Solano County Jail on charges of felony hit-and-run. He was arrested in Vacaville, but lives in Fairfield, according to the CHP.
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