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Louisville police charged Gerson Alvarado Arrivillaga with murder in a July hit-and-run on Bardstown Road.
WHAS11, WLKY, WAVE and The Courier-Journal reported he was arrested Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in the July 5 crash near Bardstown Road and South Watterson Trail that killed a man. The charges are murder, leaving the scene of an accident, and four wanton-endangerment counts. WHAS11 listed his age as 26. The other three outlets listed 27. The man who died has not been named.
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Saturday's booking is three months after the crash. Police say a driver going the wrong way hit a man standing by a stopped car and left. They have not named the man who died. WHAS11 and The Courier-Journal do not agree on the defendant's age. The charges are what he was booked on. A charge is not a conviction.
Louisville Metro Police arrested Gerson Alvarado Arrivillaga on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in a fatal hit-and-run near Fern Creek, The Courier-Journal and WAVE reported. The Courier-Journal, citing department spokesperson Christopher Baker, reported he was charged with murder, leaving the scene of an accident, and four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. WHAS11 and WLKY reported the same counts. WAVE reported the wanton-endangerment counts without the words first-degree. WHAS11 reported he is 26. WLKY, WAVE and The Courier-Journal reported he is 27.
WHAS11 and WAVE reported officers were called around 1:30 a.m. on July 5 to Bardstown Road near South Watterson Trail. An unoccupied vehicle had been left in the left lane after an earlier crash, both outlets reported. WHAS11 and WAVE reported the man police believed had been driving that vehicle was standing near a concrete median when another vehicle, traveling southbound in the northbound lanes, struck him, and that driver fled. WLKY reported a pedestrian and the suspected driver of the stopped vehicle were standing near the median when a vehicle traveling the wrong way hit the pedestrian. The man who was hit, an adult, was taken to UofL Hospital and died, WLKY, WHAS11 and WAVE reported. None of those outlets named him.
WHAS11 reported the department's Traffic Unit kept working the crash until Saturday's arrest, and that police called the account preliminary and subject to change. WLKY also credited the Traffic Unit. No bond figure, court date, or statement from Alvarado Arrivillaga was included in those reports.
The murder count and the other charges are accusations, not findings. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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