BOSTON — Police have arrested the driver allegedly responsible for a deadly hit-and-run in Dorchester Wednesday morning.
The crash happened in the area of Washington Street and Harvard Avenue around 8 a.m. Police said the driver initially left the scene but later returned. It is being classified as a hit-and-run.
The male victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Wednesday afternoon, 34-year-old Melissa Benedict, the driver of a special needs van was arrested.
The van company, VHS Transportation, told FOX25 that Benedict transports special needs adults. No one besides Benedict was in the van at the time.
Police said the victim may be have been a construction worker who was hit while trying to cross Washington Street. There is a construction site nearby.
Another employee at the company said that Benedict seems professional and she doesn't believe she's ever had an incident. She also said driving with any snow or ice on the road can be tricky in the vehicles.
"I drive and I'm cautious I know the vans, the snow - that's just how you have to be out here," said Nokia Davis.
Benedict is due in court Thursday to face charges of leaving the scene causing death and motor vehicle homicide.
This is the second deadly pedestrian crash in Boston in as many days. Tuesday a person was killed in Roslindale; the driver in that crash has been arrested.