18-year-old arrested in deadly hit-and-run, Dallas police say

Family of man killed by hit-and-run drivers in Dallas searching for answers

Dallas police are looking for drivers of two separate vehicles that each struck a 50-year-old man in West Oak Cliff last month, resulting in his death.

DALLAS - Dallas police arrested one person they believe was involved in a deadly hit-and-run last month.

18-year-old Luisa Martinez was arrested on Thursday and charged with accident involving death.

Luisa Martinez (Source: Dallas County Jail)

Police say at 1:39 a.m. on Sept. 24 a car hit a man who was walking on Fort Worth Avenue. After the crash, the car kept going.

While witnesses looked to help the man he was then hit by a red Chevy Cruz. That driver also fled the scene without stopping.

The victim, 50-year-old Reynaldo Escalante, died of his injuries.

Dallas police have not said if they believe Martinez was the driver of the first or second car.

Martinez is being held in the Dallas Co. Jail on no bond by ICE.