DALLAS – Authorities have arrested a man in connection to the fatal accident of Arlington Officer Darrin McMichael .
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday afternoon that U.S. Marshals Task Force members arrested 26-year-old Joshua Quintairo Watson of Jackson, Mississippi after securing an arrest warrant.
Watson was charged with a second-degree felony: accident involving death.
In September, Doug Sisk with the sheriff’s office explained that McMichael was on his way into work when he fell off of his motorcycle around 5:30 a.m. after bumping into the back of an SUV when traffic ahead of him slowed. While he was on the ground, another vehicle, believed to be a dark-colored Chrysler or Dodge sedan-type vehicle, ran over McMichael. According to Sisk, the driver did not stop.
McMichael’s wife was following behind him and witnessed the fatal accident .