Man arrested after deadly hit-and-run in Catawba County

CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A pedestrian is dead following a hit-and-run in Conover Thursday night.

Troopers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said it happened around 10:40 p.m. on Highway 70 near Penny Road.

The man was identified as 63-year-old Raymond Lee Gentry.

Authorities have since arrested 49-year-old James Derrick Scott in connection with the incident.

Scott is charged with felony hit and run. He turned himself in to the Catawba County Magistrate’s Office.

He was given a $50,000 bond.

Anyone with information should call Highway Patrol at 828-466-5500.

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