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Man arrested in connection with deadly hit-and-run

Posted: 05.08.2012 at 9:32 PM

Rachel Welte

Rachel Welte is the Weekend News Anchor and a General Assignment Reporter.

David Allen Henley Jr. was arrested Tuesday in connection with last week's deadly hit-and-run that killed a local teen. / Courtesy: CSPD

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Colorado Springs Police officers have arrested a man in connection with last week's deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a 14-year-old.

Investigators said they arrested 38-year-old David Allen Henley Jr. Tuesday afternoon.

They said Henley will be charged with accidents involving death, a class three felony.

The car believed to have been involved in the deadly crash has also been impounded by officers.

Thurday night, Ricardo "Ricky" Figueroa was hit near the intersection of Circle Drive and Airport Road.

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Figueroa died a short time later at Memorial Hospital.

He was an eighth grader at the Galileo School of Math and Science in Colorado Springs.

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