Investigators: Traffic cameras led to arrest of man wanted for fatal hit-and-run in Brookhaven

BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — A man is now under arrest in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a woman, according to the Brookhaven Police Department.

The accident took place on Oct. 21, at Clairmont and Dresden Drive shortly after 12 p.m. When officers arrived on the scene, they found 20-year-old Maryury Lopez dead.

With the help of traffic cameras, investigators say they identified and arrested 54-year-old Omar Ali of Mableton. The cameras show Lopez lawfully entered the crosswalk before being hit by Ali’s dump truck as he turned onto Clairmont Drive…

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