A license plate reader camera helped investigators identify the 43-year-old man they believe drove a vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian and injured another person in late November, according to court records.
A Lubbock County grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment against Julian Mercado on a second-degree felony count of failure to stop and render aid involving a death in the Nov. 19 death of 18-year-old Zakeria Bol.
Bol was a basketball standout who graduated in May from Randall High School.
Benjamin Brown, also 18, was also struck and injured by the same vehicle that night. Mercado faces a charge of failure to stop and render aid involving an injury…