Man arrested for Felony Hit-and-Run in South Lake Tahoe fatal collision

10:00 a.m. Monday update: The man arrested in connection with the felony hit-and-run is a full-time student at Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) and a member of their men's soccer team.

LTCC has issued the following statement:

On behalf of Lake Tahoe Community College, we wish to express our deep condolences to the loved ones of the victim in this tragic accident. While we don’t fully know the circumstances involved, leaving the scene of an accident is never the right call and we are relieved that Mr. Cruz decided to turn himself in. Marlon Cruz was a 20-year-old full-time student at LTCC who was a sophomore and a player on the men’s soccer team. Our thoughts are with everyone involved in this horrible event.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A 20-year-old man has been arrested for Sunday's Felony Hit-and-Run after turning himself in to the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD).

As reported on South Tahoe Now late Sunday night, a 78-year-old man was crossing Highway 50 (Lake Tahoe Blvd.) just before 8:00 p.m. in front of the Travel Inn. The driver of a dark sedan hit the unidentified man who had been outside of a crosswalk and walking from the north to the south side of the road.

SLTPD officers along with South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue and Cal-Tahoe JPA
paramedics got to the scene and found a man on the south sidewalk of Lake Tahoe
Blvd., just down from Fairway Ave. Medical personnel tried to treat the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Just after 12:30 a.m. Monday, 20-year-old Marlon Brandon Cruz of South Lake Tahoe went to the SLTPD and told police he may have been involved in a collision. Cruz was interviewed by detectives and was identified by them as the driver. He vehicle was located and Cruz was arrested.

Cruz is charged with felony hit-and-run and booked into the El Dorado County Jail
under a $75,000 bond.

Anyone with information on this fatal crash is asked to call the SLTPD at 530.542.6100.