NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 7, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
Woman
Charged in Deadly Hit and Run
A Destin resident Thursday told investigators with the Okaloosa County
Sheriff’s Office she’s the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist on
36-year old Elcio Nasareno Pimentel of
Traffic Homicide Investigator Mark Raiche says West claims she kept driving
because she panicked. Members of the Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit and
the Criminal Investigations Division took part in the investigation leading to
the arrest. The probe is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact
the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office at 651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime
Stoppers at 863-TIPS.
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