Prosecutors have charged a Renton man with the death of a 60-year-old man in a vehicle-pedestrian collision in Renton.<\/p>\n
King County prosecutors charged Urias Macario Morales-Perez, 19, of Renton on Sept. 11 with vehicular homicide and a felony hit-and-run for the death of 60-year-old Timothy Gerchmez.<\/p>\n
According to a report from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, Gerchmez died on Sept. 8 as a result of multiple blunt force injuries suffered in a roadway accident in Renton on Sept. 7.<\/p>\n
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Morales-Perez reportedly executed a left turn at the intersection of Airport Way and Rainier Avenue South, striking Gerchmez as Gerchmez walked westbound in the crosswalk.<\/p>\n
“Based on the engine noise from the video, it indicates continuous acceleration without any braking or reaction to Gerchmez prior to impact,” stated the affidavit of probable cause.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said that Morales-Perez fled southbound on Rainier Avenue South without stopping following the collision, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement detained Morales-Perez after conducting an area search for the suspect vehicle. Upon his arrest, officers noted Morales-Perez held “characteristics consistent with someone possibly under the influence of alcohol.”<\/p>\n
Gerchmez suffered “severe” injuries to his head and the right side of his body, with arriving officers observing Gerchmez as unresponsive and breathing irregularly, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n
First responders transported Gerchmez to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, with the hospital notifying the King County Medical Examiner’s Office on Sept. 8 of Gerchmez’s death, resulting from injuries sustained in the collision.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say at the time Morales-Perez reportedly committed the Sept. 7 hit-and-run that led to Gerchmez’s death, he was on pretrial release for misdemeanor charges in Renton Municipal Court, including hit-and-run of an attended vehicle and having no valid license.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors argued for the court to set Morales-Perez’s bail at $100,000.<\/p>\n
The court scheduled Morales-Perez’s arraignment for Sept. 25 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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