Teen Dies After Hit & Run Crash

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A teenage boy passed away Monday night after being run down by a hit and run driver in St. Joseph County. It happened around 6p.m. Sunday night on M-60 near Fischer Lake Road, just northeast of Three Rivers.

The 20-year old driver is in jail, after his bond was set at $750,000. Sergio Onofre is charged with Failing to Stop at the Scene of the Crash, Operating While Intoxicated, Minor In Possession of Alcohol, Driving with a Suspended License, Burglary, and Obstruction of Justice.

Deputies say Onofre was westbound on M-60 when he went off the road and hit 14-year old Daniel Turner, who was walking with a friend.

Investigators say Onofre then kept on driving dragging the 14 year old. He then hit another vehicle, a large bush, and then took off running.

Deputies tracked the driver through the snow, into a nearby neighborhood, where a witness led them to the suspect.

“One of the eyewitnesses pointed him out. Exactly where he was, when he was there. And that immediately led to his capture," said Deputy Dave Alli of St. Joseph County Sheriff''s Department.

Monday, Onofre admitted to the magistrate he was in the U.S. illegally and has been here for about six months working at a Kalamazoo greenhouse.

Onofre faces charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, manslaughter with a motor vehicle, failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in death, home invasion 2nd degree, operating while intoxicated second offense, and driving while license suspended second offense. He is being held on a 750,000 dollar bond.