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ST. GEORGE — After more than a week on the run, the driver suspected in the hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on Red Cliffs Drive in Washington City on April 6 was arrested by a fugitive strike force team in Salt Lake County.
Joe Emanuel Hernandez, 20, of West Valley, was arrested Thursday evening in Kearns by a task force overseen by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Washington City Police Chief Jason Williams told St. George News that Hernandez was booked into Salt Lake County Jail on a no-bail warrant that was issued by the Washington County Attorney's Office on April 13. The task force and U.S. Marshals agents have been actively searching for Hernandez for more than a week using "several different investigative tactics," Williams said.
The warrant was issued in connection with an incident that occurred April 6, when emergency dispatch received a call shortly before 10 p.m. reporting an injured man lying in the roadway near 1050 West and Red Cliffs Drive. Several motorists were rendering aid to the man when officers and emergency personnel arrived.
