GOODYEAR, AZ -According to 12 News, a driver who allegedly fled the scene after fatally colliding with a 13-year-old boy riding a bike near S 182nd Dr and S San Gabriel Dr on April 25 was sentenced to prison Wednesday.
Richard Romo Jr., 45, was driving a white Ford pickup truck when he hit the boy as he was riding his bike home from school around 2:45 p.m
Authorities located Romo at a residence in the area where the crash occurred and arrested him.
Romo pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of the fatal wreck and was sentenced to 8.75 years in prison.
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