UPDATE: Arrest made in connection to fatal Warner Robins hit-and-run
A 53-year-old Centerville man is dead after a hit-and-run Sunday night.
UPDATE: An arrest has been made in connection to the fatal hit and run that killed 53 year-old Clinton Taylor.
Wednesday, at 5:35 p.m., the Warner Robins Police Department arrested 38 year-old David Lord of Perry and charged him with felony hit and run, and released him to the Houston County Detention Facility.
Lord was found as the suspect after investigators put together community assistance with information, camera footage, and work from the traffic unit to find that he was driving the 1996 Monte Carlo that struck Taylor in the roadway.
Lord’s Monte Carlo was found in Centerville, and had been spray painted black. WRPD now ahs the vehicle as the investigation continues.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 53-year-old Centerville man is dead after a hit-and-run Sunday night.
Warner Robins Police say it happened around 8:35. Emergency services were sent to the intersection of Watson Boulevard and Houston Road after a report of a person being struck by a car.
The investigation revealed the man had been crossing Watson Boulevard outside of a crosswalk and had made it most of the way when he was struck by an unknown vehicle that was traveling west. After hitting him, the vehicle continued traveling, and the driver didn’t stop to render aid. The victim, later identified as Clinton Taylor, was taken to Houston Medical Center where he later died from his injuries.
Authorities are still looking for the suspect’s vehicle and say that it will have damage to the right front fender and the windshield. Business security cameras near the route of the vehicle are also being checked.
Anyone with information concerning the incident is urged to call Sgt. Tim Pippio at (478) 293-1048 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers.
