MACON, Ga. — Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones has released the name of the man killed in a hit-and-run in north Macon.

Jones said that Darien Cato, 24, was killed in the hit-and-run at 2600 Riverside Drive, near Pierce Avenue, on Sunday.

Jones said Cato lived in Macon and was killed by a Honda Civic. Jones said the man who hit him abandoned their car and fled on foot.

The Georgia State Patrol said that Francisco Chan-Garcia, 22 , was arrested and charged in the deadly hit-and-run. They said Cato was in the road when Chan-Garcia hit him.

According to Bibb County Jail records, Chan-Garcia was arrested on Sunday night and was booked into the Bibb County LEC early Monday morning.

The Bibb County Jail's website said that he's charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, driving under the

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