WAKEFIELD, Bronx (WABC) -- Police have arrested a man in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed an elderly woman in the Bronx on Friday night.
50-year-old Alcyto Powell was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident.
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The crash happened just after 9 p.m. in the Wakefield section. 82-year-old Hilda Arocho was packing clothes and supplies for family members in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico when she was struck by a white Dodge cargo van on Pitman Avenue, just steps away from her home.
Instead of calling for help, the driver ran away on foot.
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Arocho later passed away from her injuries at a nearby hospital.
Neighbors say people routinely speed up and down the street where Arocho was hit, and more needs to be done to keep people safe.