Woman Arrested In Fatal Hit-and-run Crash Of 2 Elderly Pedestrians In Hialeah

Woman arrested in fatal hit-and-run crash of 2 elderly pedestrians in Hialeah

Source: CBS News Miami

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on Monday in connection with a hit and run crash that killed an elderly couple as they crossed the road one block from their home to buy Lotto tickets on Sunday night.
Susej Calcines faces two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident. She is currently in custody at the Miami-Dade County jail.
The victims have been identified as 87-year-old Julio Hernandez and his 84-year-old wife, Manuela Hernandez.
Their daughter, Maria Obregon, told CBS News Miami that her parents came to South Florida from Cuba 44 years ago and had been married for 54 years.
Police said surveillance cameras helped them locate the black Mercedes in northwest Miami-Dade.
Obregon expressed her distress that the driver did not stop.
CBS News Miami also spoke with Jorge Venenche, the brother-in-law of the suspect.
Venenche said Calcines had told police that she suffers from an unspecified condition and did not remember what happened.
“She has mental health problems. It looks like she took some kind of pill. She was very emotional. I feel bad for the victims’ family, and I feel bad for both families,” Venenche said.
According to the Hialeah police report, Calcines was driving a black 2007 Mercedes GL450, heading southbound on East Eighth Avenue as she approached the intersection of East 48th Street.
The Mercedes hit both pedestrians and continued southbound on East Eighth Avenue without stopping to provide her name or render aid, according to the police report.
The Hialeah Fire Department pronounced the couple dead at 7:03 p.m.

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