BENICIA (BCN) — A suspect in an early-morning hit and run in Benicia that left a pedestrian critically injured on Father’s Day turned himself in Saturday.
Around 5:35 p.m. Saturday, 24-year-old Erik Knight voluntarily surrendered at the Benicia Police Department. He was subsequently booked into the Solano County Jail, according to police.
The crash was reported at 2:08 a.m. last Sunday in the intersection at E. Fifth Street and Military East. A pedestrian was struck by a westbound vehicle that fled the scene, according to police.
23-year-old Louis Miguel Torres of Benicia, was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. He was treated for head injuries and other injuries related to the accident.
He remains in critical condition this week, according to police.
Anyone with additional information about the crash is asked to contact Sgt. Kenny Hart at (707) 724-4244 or Detective Fred Ayala at (707) 746-4251.