An Apex man was arrested Tuesday after police say he fatally struck a pedestrian on the Durham Freeway last month, then fled the scene.
Julien Kuttummel Varkey Joseph, 48, is charged with felony hit-and-run causing a fatality in the Oct. 18 death of 37-year-old Rakesh Poojari, according to a Durham Police Department news release.
Poojari was killed about 10 p.m. as he stood in the shoulder of the road to examine a flat tire on his vehicle, the release said. He was pronounced dead at the scene…