Arrest made days after man killed in Elk Grove hit-and-run while fixing flat tire

An arrest has been made in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a 61-year-old man in Elk Grove earlier this week, police said.

The Elk Grove Police Department said officers responded around 7 p.m. on Tuesday to reports of a pedestrian being struck along Bruceville Road between Bilby Road and Boa Nova Drive. Investigators said the victim had pulled over after getting a flat tire and was outside his vehicle repairing it when he was hit.

The man was later declared dead at an area hospital, police said. The Sacramento County Coroner's Office on Thursday identified the man as Danny Andres Sanchez of Roseville.

Investigators said the suspect vehicle, a Dodge pickup truck, was traveling southbound on Bruceville Road when it struck the victim, who was parked on the west shoulder. Following the crash, the driver fled the scene.

Elk Grove police said detectives were able to locate the suspect vehicle on traffic cameras in the area at the time of the collision.

Police identified 31-year-old Kushmit Singh of Elk Grove as the driver and arrested him later that night after he left a Sacramento address. Detectives then obtained a search warrant for Singh's Elk Grove home and found a silver Dodge Ram parked in the garage along with evidence linking it to the collision.

Singh was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail and faces a felony charge of hit-and-run resulting in permanent injury or death.

Bruceville Road had been closed in both directions for several hours during the investigation but later reopened.