State Police Identify Victim in Weekend Hit-And-Run

Update: State Police have identified the victim as Johnette R. Sims, 46, of Dorchester.

BOSTON, MA — The driver in a fatal Saturday night hit-and-run has been arrested and charged with motor vehicle homicide while drunk and speeding, after turning himself in early Sunday morning, according to Mass. State Police.

Sims woman was struck and killed by a car while police believe she was walking in the crosswalk of the Morton and Canterbury Street intersection, about 10:30 p.m.

MSP identified the driver as 39-year-old Anthony E. Buchanan, of Dorchester, and said he has been charged with the following: Motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of liquor; Leaving the scene of a crash that caused personal injury or death; Speeding; and Marked lanes violation.

Based on their investigation, State Police believe Buchanan was behind the wheel of a 2016 Dodge Charger, driving fast and erratically down Morton Street. The investigation indicates that after striking Sims, the Charger’s operator stopped briefly and then drove away, toward American Legion Highway, State Police said.

State and Boston Police investigators said they identified the vehicle and tracked it to Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Dorchester, where they discovered it had been rented by Buchanan.

They did not find him or the car at his listed address, State Police said, but Buchanan turned himself in to a Boston Police station at 1 a.m. The car was located and towed from Mt. Pleasant Street, State Police said.

Buchanan will be arraigned Tuesday in the West Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court, State Police said.

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