OCALA, Fla. – UPDATE: A 62-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal crash the day after Christmas, according to Ocala police.
Leon Mims, of Ocala, was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of a crash with a fatality.
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According to an arrest affidavit, a person who did not witness the crash but called 911 provided dash-cam video to police two days after the crash, which left Burgundy Evans, who was 7 weeks pregnant, dead.
The video shows Evans being thrown into oncoming traffic, where she was run over by a Dodge Ram pickup truck, officials said.
Mims was later identified as the driver of the truck and was arrested.
ORIGINAL STORY: A woman was killed and a man seriously injured during a crash in Ocala on Tuesday evening, according to the police department.
In a release, police said that the crash happened around 6:45 p.m. at the intersection of Northwest 10th Street and North Pine Avenue.
The man and woman were both on a motorcycle, which collided with a pickup truck, police said. No information was provided about what caused the crash.
Both the man and woman were taken to the hospital afterward with serious injuries, and the woman later died from her injuries, the release shows.
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“Our hearts go out to their loved ones during this difficult time,” the release reads.
Traffic in the area was shut down as a result of the crash, though police announced around 9:20 p.m. that the roadway had since opened.
No additional details have been released at this time.
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