15-Year-Old Charged in Hit-and-Run Death

(WSB Radio) -- Police have arrested a 15-year-old Mexican national in the hit-and-run death of a 19-year-old woman.

The Athens Banner-Herald reports an Athens-Clarke County police officer spotted a pickup truck believed to have been involved in last Saturday's incident while on patrol Friday.

Nayasheika Cooper was killed while walking with her three-year-old son along Commerce Road. The boy survived.

Police say the male teen has been charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, felony hit-and-run, DUI, underage consumption of alcohol and driving without a license.

No word yet on whether the teen will be charged as an adult or as a juvenile.
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