Armani English, 21, faces multiple charges

Armani English (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police have made an arrest in two fatal hit-and-run crashes that happened hours apart in March 2022.

Armani English, 21, was booked into the Orange County jail on Tuesday and faces charges from the wrecks that killed 47-year-old Ryan Bagwell and Josiah Aaron Hoyt, both pedestrians.

According to investigators, the first hit-and-run happened March 28 on Colonial Drive around 3:30 p.m. and the second wreck occurred just before midnight at the intersection of Kirkman and Vineland roads.

According to the arrest affidavit, English and a passenger “attempted to abandon the vehicle at a secondary location” after the first crash.

An arrest affidavit shows English and the same passenger ran from the vehicle following the second crash. Both were apprehended and the passenger told officers that English trid to swerve to miss the pedestrian, but Hoyt moved in the same direction and was struck.

The passenger said he and English panicked because they didn’t know what to do and drove off, according to the affidavit.

English faces several charges, including leaving the scene of a crash involving death and vehicular homicide.

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