CANTON, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – Canton police said a 19-year-old Norwood man was charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Canton.
Police said a 63-year-old Canton woman was hit at the intersection of Chapman and Wattles Streets. She was taken to a Boston hospital where she was pronounced dead.
According to Canton police, the driver of the car fled the scene but returned a short time later. The Boston Globe reported the driver was 19-year-old Timothy Ciriello. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after causing serious injury or death.
Bail was set at $10,000.
The Globe reported that Ciriello's friends in the vehicle tried to get him to stop. He later parked the car and returned on foot, telling officers, "I knew I hit something but I didn't know what it was and I panicked."