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A 51-year-old man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after allegedly hitting and killing a woman with his pickup truck.

Port Isabel police arrested Alejandro Bernal Petricioli following a Tuesday night hit-and-run accident.

Investigators told Action 4 News that 44-year-old pedestrian Reyna Hernandez Garcia was killed on the 500 block of U.S. Highway 100 around 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Witnesses told police that Petricioli was driving a grey Ford 150 truck and fled the scene of the fatal accident.

Police located the truck at a Stripes gas station and arrested Petricioli under a felony failure to stop and render aid charge.

Cameron County jail records show that those charges were later upgraded to intoxication manslaughter.

Investigators told Action 4 News that blood test results are pending but they believe that alcohol played a role in the accident.

Public records show that Petricioli had previously served probation in Texas for a 2004 DWI charge.

Investigators said Petricioli is from Mexico City but has a Texas driver’s license listing a Port Isabel address.

Petricioli remains in custody at the Cameron County Jail under a $75,000 bond.

Funeral arrangements for Garcia are being made at the Garza Funeral Home in San Benito.