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New Mexico Man Charged in Hit-And-Run Death

By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: November 12, 2010
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CARLSBAD -- A New Mexico man is behind bars, charged with a deadly hit and run accident from late October.
    Gilbert Melendrez, Jr. has been charged with homicide by vehicle resulting in the death of a human being, child abandonment, and more.
    The actual accident happened on west green street in Carlsbad. Police say that Leora Jean Dyess was escorting some trick-or-treaters in that area, when she realized Melendrez was speeding towards them.
    The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports Dyess threw her 4 year old daughter to safety before the truck crashed into her. Then the driver sped off.
    Melendrez is being held on $500,000 bond.
   

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