A Connecticut man has been charged in a hit-and-run that killed a 12-year-old boy earlier this year, police announced Tuesday.

Juan Carlos Umana-Umana, a 41-year-old Stamford resident , surrendered to police on Monday after a warrant was issued for his arrest, the Stamford Police Department said on Facebook.

Umana-Umana was charged in connection with the Aug. 2 crash in Stamford that killed Brisley Reyes , who was just about to start seventh grade at Dolan Middle School.

Reyes was riding a mini bike along with a relative riding a scooter when they pulled over to the shoulder of Courtland Avenue for unknown reasons, according to police.

When the two parties were sitting on the side of the road, Umana-Umana drove by in a 2004 Honda Accord, collided with Reyes and his bike and the

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