Sheriff’s Office identifies suspect in Warren County pedestrian hit-and-run

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Warren County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a hit-and-run vehicle crash.

According to WCSO, a suspected hit-and-run collision occurred at the intersection of Morgantown Road and Walnut Creek Drive at approximately 8:13 p.m. Saturday.

Sheriff Brett Hightower says a vehicle struck a pedestrian and fled the scene.

Detectives identified the vehicle as a silver four-door passenger car.

Overnight, WCSO located the suspected driver and vehicle.

Sheriff Hightower tells WNKY News 40 that the suspect is 51-year-old Pablo Carmona-Lopez of Bowling Green.

Carmona-Lopez was arrested and lodged at the Warren County Regional Jail. He is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to render aid or assistance and no operator’s moped license. Carmona-Lopez was also wanted in another investigation.

Hightower says the pedestrian victim sustained minor injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.