Shakim Elias Mendez 18, of the 200 block of Sunnybrook Road in Flourtown, will face charges in Montgomery County Court that he allegedly was speeding and driving recklessly on a Whitemarsh Township road when he struck and killed a Norristown man performing landscaping work along the roadway, according to an article.
Mendez was held for trial after he waived his preliminary hearing before District Court Judge Dara Nasatir, on charges of homicide by vehicle, accidents involving death or personal injury, failing to stop at the scene of a crash, failure to report a crash to police, reckless and careless driving, speeding, operating a vehicle without insurance and unsworn falsification to authorities in connection with the Nov. 8, 2024, fatal pedestrian crash.
On Feb. 20, 2025, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele, Whitmarsh Township Police Chief Christopher Ward, and Springfield Township Police Chief Michael E. Pitkow announced the arrest of Mendez…