Argentinian taxi driver, 42, is arrested for fatal-hit-and-run that killed woman, 60, after he filed false police report claiming his car had been stolen
An Argentinian taxi driver who lied about having his car stolen after he abandoned it in fatal hit-and-run has been arrested and charged with manslaughter.
Pablo DarÃo MartÃnez was apprehended and booked by the police in Lanús, Buenos Aires, on Monday hours after the incident.
MartÃnez was approaching the home of Carmen Cacéres, 60, who was on her way to work, and signaled her to cross the street when he suddenly plowed his Chevrolet Corsa into her approximately 4am local time.
Cacéres was rushed to Evita Hospital, where she died Tuesday.
Pablo DarÃo MartÃnez was apprehended and booked by the police in Lanús, Buenos Aires, on Monday after he abandoned the scene of an accident that resulted in the death of 60-year-old Carmen Cacéres a day later. MartÃnez was charged with involuntary manslaughter and making a false police report
Carmen Cacéres was struck by Pablo MartÃnez, the driver of a taxi she was awaiting to take her to her job Monday in Lanús, Brazil. Cacéres was left lying in the middle of the street as the motorist fled the scene and was arrested several hours later after he lied about his car being stolen. The 60-year-old woman died Tuesday at a local hospital
Still image shows Carmen Cacéres on the ground after she was run over by a taxi driver in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday
A street surveillance camera registered the moment Cacéres' body was became airborne and landed on top of MartÃnez's vehicle before falling on the rainy street pavement.
MartÃnez subsequently sped away without checking on her well-being.
He appeared at the Lanús 4th police precinct at around 11am Monday and claimed that his car was stolen.
Authorities discovered the vehicle a quarter and a mile away from the scene where Pablo MartÃnez hit Carmen Cacéres before he escaped. MartÃnez went to the police about seven hours after the accident to report that his vehicle had been stolen
The front windshield of Pablo MartÃnez's car was shattered due to the impact of Carmen Cacéres' body falling on top it after she was struck in the deadly hit-and-run accident
Still image from a street surveillance camera in Lanús, Brazil, shows Carmen Cacéres being hit by a vehicle driven by Pablo DarÃo MartÃnez
Authorities found his abandoned the wrecked vehicle a quarter and a mile away outside a soccer stadium.
Detectives investigating Cacéres' accident checked area surveillance cameras and found several inconsistencies in MartÃnez's police statement that linked him and his car to the scene of the incident.
According to Argentine newspaper ClarÃn, authorities have charged MartÃnez with involuntary manslaughter and filing a false police report.