Staff report
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Donterrio Oriental Johnson, 27, of Citra, was arrested yesterday and charged with failing to stop at a fatal crash after a Florida Highway Patrol investigation determined that he was the driver of a gray Ford Mustang that hit and killed a man and then left the scene of the crash on U.S. Hwy 441 near SW 104th Avenue on October 1, 2023.
At about 3:44 a.m. on October 1, Omar Ramon Santiago was reportedly driving a Chevrolet Silverado northbound on U.S. Hwy 441 when he veered left, crossing the grass center median and the southbound lanes and colliding with a tree on the far shoulder. The victim got out of his truck and walked into the outside southbound lane, where he was hit and killed.
Witnesses at the scene reportedly told a Trooper that they saw the Mustang driving southbound on U.S. Hwy 441 and heard a loud “bang.” They turned around and parked on SW 104th Avenue while calling 911. They said the Mustang stopped in the roadway, and they said the driver got out, used a cell phone flashlight to inspect the injuries to the pedestrian and the damage to the Mustang, got back in the driver’s seat, and continued driving southbound.