Eden Arriaga Jr., 19, dead, 3 other teens injured after hit-and-run driver strikes pedestrians at New Hampshire Street and Cottonwood Street in Harlingen, Texas
Update: 19-year-old identified after fatal auto-pedestrian accident in Harlingen
Police are currently working to identify the driver who fled the scene. Investigators are searching for an early 1990's Chevrolet pick-up truck with damage to the front right side, according to the news release.
Family, former classmates remember SA teen killed in Rio Grande Valley
Arriaga, 19, a 2016 graduate of Warren High School died Sunday while visiting family in Harlingen. Police said he and three friends were walking home from a nearby park when they became the victims of a hit-and-run crash.
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