MACON, Ga. — A 24-year-old turned himself in Monday morning after a fatal accident that happened last week.
According to a news release, 24-year-old Antonio Jones walked into the Sheriff’s Annex at 111 Third St. and told investigators he was driving the car that killed 51-year-old Valeria Patterson on August 27.
After being questioned, Jones was taken to the Bibb County jail and charged with vehicular homicide.
He is being held without bond.
Patterson's body was found Thursday morning on the side of Interstate Drive, which runs next to I-475 off of Columbus Road.
At the time, investigators said she was walking on the road when she was fatally hit by a car and the driver failed to notify police of the accident.
Anyone with information in the case can call the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.
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