CLINTON, Maine (WABI) - The hit and run driver involved in a fatal U-Haul Van crash on I-95 Tuesday was located and arrested Thursday.

State Police arrested 31-year-old Tyler Hewitt, of Presque Isle, after they received a call of a suspicious person walking on Hill Road around 2 p.m.

Clinton officers say they located Hewitt hiding in the woods near I-95.

We’re told Hewitt was driving on a suspended license during the time of the crash that killed 38-year-old John Perkins, of Hampden.

Hewitt fled the scene of the crash before troopers arrived.

When officers located him Thursday, they tell us they found a large quantity of suspected methamphetamine in his possession.

Hewitt is charged with aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, and o

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