‘She really is gone now’: Best friend of woman killed in hit-and-run crash reflects on arrest of man accused

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tatiana Saleh spent four hours on the phone with her best friend Savana Pendarvis the night before Savana was killed. The call lasted until 11 p.m. She didn’t know it would be their last.

“It still always feels like we got cut off mid-conversation,” Saleh told News4JAX.

Months after that call, the man accused of causing Savana’s death is finally in custody. Alexander Rivera-Russo, 24, was arrested after investigators tracked him to a home in Oakleaf, in Clay County. For Saleh, the news brought relief — and a painful new reality…

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