BUSHWICK (WABC) — Police have made an arrest in a hit-and-run that killed a mother in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
NYPD had been searching for a suspect since May when the crash happened.
Officers arrested 26-year-old Robert Matthews on Monday.
He faces a slew of charges, including manslaughter.
Investigators say Matthews was speeding away from a marked police vehicle on May 9th when he hit 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 crashing into a van.
