CONYERS, Ga. — The driver accused of hitting and killing a woman with his car is now in custody and faces a charge of homicide by vehicle.
The Conyers Police Department announced Tuesday morning that Derrick Lydell Mathis, 52 of Oxford, is accused of striking Andrea Cantrell with his vehicle early on Monday morning.
Working with the Georgia State Patrol, Conyers police identified the vehicle and Mathis through the use of surveillance footage.
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The police department said it used Flock Safety license plate readers to track down the vehicle, finding it at a home on Harvel Street in Conyers.
Warrants were secured for Mathis and he was found and arrested without incident at a Conyers motel on Tuesday morning.
“The timely access to vehicle information significantly enhanced the investigative response and contributed to the identification of a suspect and an arrest within 12 hours of the initial call,” Police Chief R. Scott Freeman said in a statement.
Police said GSP remains the lead agency on the case but Conyers officers will assist as needed.
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