LAMESA, Texas (KOSA) - Lamesa Police arrested a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident that happened the morning of Saturday, Oct. 3.

According to the Lamesa Police Department, officers were dispatched around 1:13 a.m. to a report of a pedestrian traffic collision in the area of U.S. 180 West.

At the scene, officers found Maribel Perez, 39, who was pronounced dead, according to police.