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Suspect Arrested In Fatal Hit And Run In Lancaster

LANCASTER (CBSDFW.COM) -- Lancaster Police have arrested a suspect believed to be the driver in a deadly hit and run accident in Lancaster last weekend.

The incident occurred on Saturday Feb. 1 along the 2900 block of Danieldale Road just after 7 a.m. It's there that police found 21-year-old Arin Thomas lying on the side of the road.

Based on debris left at the scene, police provided a tentative description of the vehicle on Tuesday.

Numerous tips from the community led police to 19-year-old Santos Quezada of Lancaster. Quezada was taken into custody and charged with Accident Causing Personal Injury or Death, a second degree felony.

His vehicle was also impounded for processing.

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