Driver allegedly involved in “hit and run” that claimed the life of Lara Gonzalez in Vega Baja is handed over to the Police

The alleged driver of a car, who would have left the scene of a crash that culminated in the death of the young Lara Gonzalez, in Vega Bajaturned himself in to the authorities this afternoon, confirmed to The new day the press spokesperson of the Uniformed, Damarisse Martinez.

Melvin Camilo Mathews Medina He arrived accompanied by his lawyer to the Manati State Police Barracks. At the moment, according to Martinez by telephone, they indicated that they would not collaborate with the investigation.

“At the moment what is known is that he arrived with his lawyer, but they said they were not going to collaborate with the investigation.”accurate.

The 21-year-old had been summoned this Monday by the Police.

Earlier, according to the head of the investigative branch of the Police, Colonel Roberto Rivera Mirandainvestigators hoped to interview the young man before consulting the case with the prosecutor’s office for the possible filing of charges.

“Immediately it happened, a team was activated. We have located all the parties,” Rivera said in a radio interview (WKAQ – 580 AM). “We hope to have the person who abandoned the vehicle today. He is going to bring his lawyer.”

After remembering that it is his right to be with a lawyer at the summons, Rivera stressed that “we are going to wait for his arrival and we are going to interview him.”

“We already know what happened. It is a matter of interviewing and presenting to the Prosecutor’s Office to determine the action to follow,” he added.

The case was passed to the Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) of Toa Baja after initially being handled by the Manati Highway Patrol Division.

For his part, Lieutenant Elvin Zeno, of the Police Transit Bureau, indicated that this is a “hit and run” case.

The Uniformed Police had identified the deceased young woman as Lara Camila Gonzalez Ortiz, 21 years old.

Gonzalez Ortiz died last Friday night when the vehicle in which she was a passenger collided with a pole and several cement benches, located in front of the Pa’ La Playa business, on PR-686, in the Yeguada neighborhood, in Vega Baja.

According to preliminary information provided by the Police, the woman was in the back seat of a white 2013 Ford Mustang car, whose driver was driving at a speed that did not “allow her to maintain control and mastery of the steering wheel.”

Gonzalez Ortiz died when she was ejected after the crash, which caused her serious injuries that led to her death.

Meanwhile, a person traveling in the front passenger seat was transported to the Wilma Vazquez hospital, in Vega Baja, in stable condition.