Driver charged in deadly hit-and-run crash in Salt Lake Metropolis from final fall

SALT LAKE CITY — The driving force of a deadly hit-and-run crash in Salt Lake Metropolis final fall is going through felony costs.

Omar Salgado-Torres, 35, of West Valley Metropolis, was charged Friday in third District Court docket with leaving the scene of an accident involving dying, a third-degree felony; driving on a suspended license, a category C misdemeanor; and rushing, an infraction.

Simply earlier than 11 p.m. on Oct. 20, Salt Lake Metropolis police responded to 1130 S. Redwood Highway on a report of a hit-and-run.

“Witnesses acknowledged that as they drove by, they noticed a physique mendacity on the aspect of the street surrounded by car particles. Officers situated a male, recognized as Shane Patrick Morris, on the west aspect of the street with blood coming from his head and an intensive laceration to his torso,” in line with charging paperwork.

Morris was pronounced lifeless on the scene. Detectives collected close by surveillance video and watched Morris stroll throughout Redwood Highway into oncoming site visitors, the fees state. One car is ready to keep away from hitting him, however a second car, a darkish SUV, strikes him and continues driving, the fees state.

On Oct. 24, an legal professional for Salgado-Torres contacted police “who requested a gathering to debate the collision,” in line with the fees. Salgado-Torres instructed investigators that he was out getting one thing to eat, when he heard a “loud noise.”

“(Salgado-Torres) acknowledged he didn’t see anybody and that he was freaked out, which is why he left the scene,” the fees state.

Investigators later decided that Salgado-Torress was touring 58 mph in a forty five mph zone on the time of the crash. He additionally “didn’t have a sound driver’s license and had a suspended learner’s allow,” in line with the fees.