WATERBURY, CT : Waterbury man charged in deadly December hit-and-run on June, Wednesday 21th 2017

Authorities have caught up with a man they allege was driving the vehicle that struck and killed a beloved grandmother walking across a Waterbury street in December.

The Republican-American (http://bit.ly/2tWFR1g ) reports that 29-year-old Eliut David Canales was held on $500,000 bond Thursday to charges of evading responsibility and tampering with evidence in the Dec. 16 death of 71-year-old Nancy Martin.

Prosecutors say Martin — married for 52 years with five children and seven grandchildren — was crossing the street near her home on her way to a shopping center to buy Christmas gifts when she was struck.

Authorities say Canales had the car he was driving repaired out of state and fled to Florida. He was arrested Wednesday after returning to Connecticut.

Canales say he could not avoid hitting the victim.

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Waterbury man charged in deadly December hit-and-run