Arrests in Hit-and-Run That Killed 5-Year-Old

Fort Lauderdale Police say Yanelle Lucero was riding her tricycle westbound on the 100 block of NW 67th Street on the northern edge of the roadway at about 4:30 p.m. when she was hit by a GMC van that was also traveling westbound. The van’s driver, 19-year-old Erik Garcia immediately fled the scene on foot, police said. His friend, 19-year-old Mario Argumedo, ran to the child, picked her up and carried her to her mother and then drove the van away from the scene, police said. “I put her in the car and left. I was driving crazy on 95, just driving, but I would keep touching and checking her,” said Yanelle’s mother, Katherine Diaz. On Monday Hurley ordered both men held without bond and said neither one could contact the mother. Both defendants have been assigned a public defender for the case.