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Police have arrested a person of interest wanted in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Chesterfield on Feb. 12. Authorities say 54-year-old Yelena Pelts, of Chesterfield, was in custody Tuesday. The arrest comes nearly a week after 41-year-old Roy Joseph was struck while walking along Olive Blvd. just west of River Valley Dr. His body was found lying in snow around 7 a.m. that morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Physical evidence at the scene and subsequent investigation led detectives to a 2004 Pearl white Toyota Sienna mini-van owned by Pelts.
A 50-year-old man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run wreck in Kirkwood on Sunday night. Authorities say they were called to the 400 block of N. Kirkwood Rd., just south of Bodley, and found the victim laying in the street. He was transported to Mercy Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Additional information regarding the victim was not immediately available. Police say they are still trying to locate the vehicle involved.
An elderly man struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident in Hillsboro early Monday morning. According to officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Ronald Arndt, 80, was hit on northbound Route B near Marshak Way at 6:10 a.m. Arndt was reportedly laying in the road at the time of the accident. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers are searching for a suspect who is believed to be driving a maroon late 1990s Ford Ranger pickup truck with lower passenger-side damage.