Hit-and-run driver charged with vehicular homicide

The man who struck and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning, has been charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit and run.
Daniel C. Mozzochi’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 18 at the King County Courthouse, according the Seattle Times.
On Monday, the Magnolia Voice was the first to report the incident in which Mozzochi was driving northbound on 15th Avenue West and struck Douglas Lefever as Lefever was crossing the arterial on his motorized wheelchair shortly after midnight, Sunday. Lefever was thrown from his chair and sustained life-threatening injuries. A witness in a vehicle followed Mozzochi and called police. Police captured Mozzochi in Ballard and arrested him. Meanwhile, Lefever was rushed by paramedics to Harborview Medical Center. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced Lefever dead Monday afternoon.