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UPDATE: Arrest in fatal hit and run

A juvenile is charged in connection with a fatal hit and run crash near Bushnell this week.

The McDonough County Sheriff’s Department said the juvenile is charged with Leaving the Scene of a Personal Injury Accident Involving Death. He was taken to the Mary Davis Home in Galesburg.

The crash killed Steven Z. Strub-Lay, 29, of Bushnell.

The sheriff’s department said the county’s 911 dispatch center received a call late Wednesday night from someone who found Strub-Lay’s body on the side of the road near North 1900th Road and East 2000th Street. He appeared to have been on foot when he was hit by the vehicle.

The sheriff’s department said detectives continue to investigate the case.

Rich is TSPR's News Director.