Driver arrested in Liberty City hit-and-run that killed great-grandmother: Police

A man accused of killing a 76-year-old woman in a hit-and-run in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood earlier this week was arrested on Wednesday, police said.

Rodrick Leon Davis Jr., 33, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death in connection with the Monday morning crash that killed Koritza Ortiz, Miami-Dade jail records showed.

According to Miami Police, the crash happened at Northwest 7th Avenue and 60th Street shortly after 8 a.m.

An arrest report said surveillance video captured Ortiz crossing the street when Davis Jr., who was driving a GMC Terrain at a high rate of speed, struck her and drove off…

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