Homestead man accused of killing pedestrian in hit-and-run on US 1

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Florida. — State troopers arrested a Homestead man Sunday, just hours after he allegedly fled the scene of an accident in which he struck and killed a pedestrian on U.S. 1.

According to an arrest report, the accident occurred just after 1:15 a.m. near Southwest 214th Street in the unincorporated area of ​​Gould.

Authorities said another driver observed 26-year-old Jorge Arevalo Sorto swerve and then drive away in a failed attempt to avoid the pedestrian, who was not identified in the report.

Cops said the witness gave Miami-Dade police part of the license plate and they used data from an automatic license plate reader to track down Arevalo Sorto.

The arrest report states that when a Homestead police officer arrived at his apartment, Arevalo Sorto was overheard telling his mother that he had been in an accident and had fled.

Authorities arrested Arevalo Sorto, a Salvadoran citizen, on charges that he left the scene of a fatal accident.

As of Monday afternoon, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $25,000 bond.

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