UPDATE: Nov. 12 at 11:30 a.m.
One man has been charged in connection to the hit-and-run moped crash on Richmond Road on Monday night that left one person dead.
A citation detailed that at around 11 p.m. on Monday, 21-year-old Logan Rogers was involved in the collision at Richmond Road and Squires Road that killed the driver of a moped, identified by the Fayette County Coroner as 47-year-old James David Stamper.
Rogers allegedly admitted to police that he left the scene "as he was scared," the citation read.
Rogers has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident/failure to render aid/assist with death or serious physical injury, according to the citation.
Original Story:
Lexington police report that one person was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Richmond Road on Monday night.
According to police, the crash was reported around 11:10 p.m. and involved a vehicle and a moped near Squires Road.
As a result, police say that the driver of the moped was killed, and the crash is being investigated as a hit-and-run.
Richmond Road was shut down for several hours overnight as police investigated, but it has since reopened, according to police.
