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Police arrest man for hitting two Marian girls in head-on crash

Posted at 10:29 PM, Feb 20, 2017
and last updated 2017-02-20 23:29:11-05

Police have arrested a man they say left a hit-and-run crash at the Oak View Mall at the beginning of February.

30-year-old Alejandro Lara-Lozano was arrested after police say he hit two girls from Marian High School and fled the scene.

The driver, 16-year-old Madi Reed, had a fracture in her back and a shattered heel. The passenger in the car was in the ICU for several days.

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Reed said she is doing better and should be back at school this week.

Police say Lara-Lozano is being held on leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury or death.