A person has been arrested practically a month after a younger Boston girl was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Roxbury.
Taylor Wilkinson, a 20-year-old Fisher Faculty sophomore from Roxbury, was crossing Washington Avenue close to Lenox Avenue on Jan. 18 when she was fatally hit by a driver who fled the scene. Her sister, Carlee, was additionally damage.
The Suffolk County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated 36-year-old Christopher Baker, who’s homeless, was arrested Wednesday night on Belvidere Avenue in Again Bay.
Baker faces fees of manslaughter, motorcar murder, leaving the scene of a crash inflicting harm and demise, and two counts of assault and battery with a harmful weapon.
He is because of be arraigned Thursday morning in Roxbury District Court docket, prosecutors stated.
Family and friends gathered to recollect 20-year-old Taylor Wilkinson, who was hit and killed over the weekend.
Carlee Wilkinson, who was hit concurrently her sister, suffered a damaged foot and extreme bruising on her face.
“I had Taylor’s hand, so I attempted to drag her again and ensure she would not get hit, and after that it was all black,” she informed NBC10 Boston. “After I woke backup, I seen Taylor mendacity down. I stated, ‘My sister, my sister,’ so I grabbed my telephone — I used to be nonetheless limping — I pressed 9-1-1 and do not bear in mind if I pressed the decision button or not.”
Taylor’s twin sister, Tyler, stated she misplaced her “different half.”
A girl was killed and her sister damage after they had been hit by an SUV in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, leaving the household devastated.
“Now that I’ve to stay with out her, I do not know what to do anymore,” she stated.
The household was joined by neighborhood members at a vigil in her honor days after the crash.
