‘Did not want to be late’: Woman charged with hit-and-run told boss she had ‘possibly killed someone’ on the way to work that morning, cops say

A Florida woman allegedly hit a pedestrian while driving toward work in the early morning hours — killing her — and fleeing the scene.

Aliya Cruz, 24, struck and killed Danielle Stilwell, 27, on Aug. 18, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. According to officials, a call was made to the sheriff’s office shortly before 4 a.m. that day regarding a woman lying in the middle of West Highland Street in Lakeland, around 35 miles east of Tampa.

First responders arrived to find Stilwell “deceased in the roadway, and broken vehicle parts indicating a vehicle was involved, although no vehicle was found at the scene,” the sheriff’s office said. Those parts included the front driver’s side fender liner and a piece of the front bumper…

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