Car crash in Brooklyn: Police have made an arrest in hit-and-run in Buschwick

BUSHWICK (WABC) — Police have made an arrest in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Bushwick, Brooklyn, that left a mother dead.

New York police have been searching for a suspect since May, when the accident occurred.

On Monday, officers arrested 26-year-old Robert Matthews.

He faces a number of charges, including manslaughter.

Investigators say Matthews sped away from a marked police vehicle at a high rate of speed on May 9, striking a mother and her adult daughter as they crossed Eldert Street and Knickerbocker Avenue.

The mother, 71-year-old Juanita Vidal, was killed and her 44-year-old daughter was injured.

Matthews ran away after colliding with a delivery truck.

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