Man Allegedly Ran Over 63-Year-Old in Car Wash Parking Lot Before Fleeing the Scene [Video]

A Utah man was killed in a hit-and-run accident — and the driver who hit him washed his car in a nearby car wash before fleeing the scene.

According to a series of press releases from the Ogden Police Department — located north of Salt Lake City — a man identified as 21-year-old Christian Hernandez Palma hit 63-year-old Stirling Kelso as he was cleaning the car wash’s parking lot at around 5 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Kelso was pronounced dead at the scene, and police said Palma fled prior to officers’ arrival. According to police, Kelso was not an employee of the car wash. It is unclear why he was cleaning the parking lot.

Local news outlet KSL.comreported that security footage of the incident shows a gray Lexus pulling into the car wash when the driver “struck a pedestrian who was on the ground cleaning …