Raleigh man arrested in fatal pedestrian crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Raleigh police arrested a man Wednesday in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 71-year-old pedestrian on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Abdirahman Hassan Bare, 23, is charged with felony hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death and misdemeanor death by vehicle n the Jan. 5 death of Delores Richardson, court records show.
He is also charged with driving without a registration, a window tinting violation, no liability insurance, a fictitious or altered title/registration/card/tag and was cited for failure to reduce speed and expired/no inspection.
Richardson was struck about 6:09 p.m. Sunday by a 2007 Chevy Impala traveling south on Raleigh Boulevard as she crossed the boulevard outside the crosswalk, police said. Bare had a green light but allegedly failed to slow down before hitting Richardson, according to a news release.
“Multiple cameras captured video of Bare’s vehicle traveling on roadways away from the crash location,” the release said.
Richardson died at the hospital from her injuries, police said. Bare was arrested after a member of the department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit found his car Wednesday.
Bare is being held at the Wake County jail with bail set at $100,000, records show. His license also appears to have been revoked for at least 30 days, although court documents didn’t specify why.
Bare also has pending charges in Wake County for driving without a license, failure to stop at a steady red light, expired registration, no liability insurance, driving with a revoked license and driving with a revoked registration, court records show.
