Leroy Mendez, 37, was charged after investigators tied him to a July 19 crash on the unit block of East 4th Street, according to the Bethlehem Police Department.
The 24-year-old victim had been standing next to a legally parked vehicle around 1:32 a.m. when Mendez’s red 2016 Mazda CX-3 struck her, authorities said. She suffered severe injuries including a traumatic brain injury, multiple broken bones, and a partial foot amputation. She remains in a coma in intensive care, police detailed in the release.
The crash also damaged two other parked vehicles — one of which was occupied at the time. Surveillance video, physical evidence, and witness accounts placed Mendez as the driver, police said. Officers later found the damaged Mazda in a garage at his home, with missing parts that matched debris from the crash scene. Biological evidence on the car was also consistent with the victim’s injuries, authorities stated…