Police in Noel, MO, have arrested a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run.
53-year-old Gloria Trejo has been taken into custody in connection to the accident that killed 59-year-old Michael Pruden on November 2nd. Pruden was walking in the area of South Kings Highway and Hall Ridge Road when the accident occurred. McDonald County Deputies responded to the scene after emergency calls reported a man lying in the ditch.
A piece of a lens was located near the scene and the serial number from the part was used to match it to a 1992 Ford F-150. Trejo had a pick up matching the description. When investigators asked her about the incident, Trejo said she thought she had hit a deer and returned to the site to make sure. When she saw the victim was a person, she panicked and left the scene.
Trejo was taken to the McDonald County Jail in Pineville, MO, where she faces charges of Leaving the Scene of an Accident Resulting in Death. She is being held on a $2,000 cash-only bond.
