The driver in a hit-and- run collision with an unocupied vehicle was cited Monday after an investigation, according to the Jamestown Police Department
The accident happened at 3:35 a.m. on Sept. 29 in the 600 block of First Street West.
Jeronimo Garcia, 25, 1503 Western Park Village, was driving a 1997 Dodge pickup eastbound by the 600 block of First Street West. He struck an unoccupied 2003 Dodge passenger car that was parked facing east.
According to the report, a witness said the pickup sustained heavy front-end damage and proceeded quickly to Fifth Avenue Southwest, then onto Second Street Southwest, and then into the Burlington North Santa Fe Railway yard.
On Sunday a police officer was able to identify the striking vehicle and questioned Garcia.
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Garcia admitted he was the driver and at the time of the accident he was scared so he drove away, the report said.
There was an estimated $3,000 in damage to the pickup and $2,000 estimated damage to the passenger car.
Garcia was cited for drove without a valid operators' license and leaving the scene of an accident of an unattended motor vehicle.
