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Philly man charged in deadly Montco crash

A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged in a car crash in Hatfield on Friday that left an 80-year-old woman dead.

A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged in a car crash in Hatfield on Friday that left an 80-year-old woman dead.

Officials said Jacquill Maurice Johnson, 22, was speeding, ran a red light and then fled the scene on foot after hitting the victim's car at the intersection of Forty Foot Road and Welsh Road.

The victim, Shirley Russell, was pronounced dead at the scene after her car was toppled by the impact of Johnson's vehicle, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said.

Johnson has been charged with 16 offenses, including vehicular homicide, causing an accident involving death or personal injury and driving without a valid license.

Police said that after the crash, Johnson took a license plate from the rear window and fled on foot, only to be arrested when he returned to the crash scene an hour later.

Unable to post bail set at $100,000, Johnson was jailed at the Montgomery County Jail after an initial hearing Friday night.

- Joseph A. Gambardello