FRESNO, Texas (KTRK) — The person accused of killing an 18-year-old in a success and run turned himself in to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Workplace greater than 17 hours after the crash, in accordance with charging paperwork.
Thirty-four-year-old Darius Dickerson is accused of putting 18-year-old Deztiny Rodriguez final Saturday night time at roughly 10:40 p.m. Rodriguez was strolling down Evergreen Avenue, close to South Submit Oak Boulevard along with her boyfriend on the time of the crash.
Surveillance video shared with ABC13 exhibits Dickerson’s SUV passing Rodriguez’s boyfriend, 17-year-old Aaron Felix. The video exhibits Felix then operating to assist his girlfriend, whose physique had reportedly been flung right into a ditch.
Felix advised investigators that Dickerson briefly stopped after the collision to look at the harm to his car earlier than driving off.
“You took somebody out of this world that your soul could not even start to understand and I hope that on the finish of the day whenever you do go away this Earth, God takes you precisely the place you belong,” Felix advised ABC13, addressing Dickerson straight.
Court docket paperwork state Dickerson contacted the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Workplace at roughly 4:30 p.m. Sunday, greater than 17 hours after the crash. He reportedly acknowledged, “he noticed an individual however did not hit that individual. Paperwork additionally state Dickerson mentioned he, “stopped additional down the road however didn’t return to the scene and continued driving residence.”
“I am mad on the man that left my daughter within the ditch,” Rodriguez’s mom, Lupe Vazquez, advised ABC13. She requested, “How is it that somebody’s gonna hit ‘one thing’ in his phrases at 10:43 p.m. after which name the next day at 4:30 p.m? It is not sensible to me.”
Dickerson, who has bonded out of the Fort Bend County Jail, is charged with “collision involving demise.” He’s due in courtroom on April 5. A number of of Rodriguez’s family members advised ABC13 they’re upset Dickerson just isn’t dealing with expenses comparable to manslaughter and failure to render assist.
Vazquez advised ABC13 her daughter lived as much as her center title, which suggests warrior. She mentioned she was at all times preventing for others.
“She was simply one among a sort. At all times attempting to battle for justice and do proper by everybody, Vazquez mentioned.
Felix advised ABC13 that Dickerson’s arrest “is just the start.” He mentioned he and Rodriguez’s different family members plan to “battle for her.”
Rodriguez was a pupil at Progressive Excessive Faculty. She was simply months shy of graduating on the time of her demise. Vazquez mentioned her daughter deliberate to enlist within the navy.
“We needs to be preparing for commencement, not on the brink of bury someone,” her longtime buddy, Mykayla King, mentioned.
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