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Man arrested for involvement with hit-and-run double homicide

Some of the counts the man faces are one count of second-degree murder and one count of manslaughter, police say.

A man was arrested for involvement with the hit-and-run where a pedestrian and a driver died near 43rd Avenue and Osborn Road Saturday night.

29-year-old L.C. Jones III was arrested and booked into 4th Avenue Jail on Monday.

Jones faces one count of second-degree murder, one count of manslaughter, two counts of hit-and-run and two counts of endangerment.

Credit: Lopez Family

Police say 17-year-old Nestor Lopez was crossing 43rd Avenue near Indian School Road around 10:40 p.m. when an adult male driving the Lincoln collided with him while traveling at a high rate of speed in the center turn lane.

RELATED: Family, friends mourn teen killed in hit-and-run near 43rd Ave. & Osborn Rd.

Two blocks down at 43rd Avenue and Osborn Road, the Lincoln ran a red light and crashed into another car, operated by Edgar Ferral-Lopez, 28. Ferral-Lopez was moving through the intersection on a green light. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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