Man charged with murder in July fatal hit-and-run on Bardstown Road

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB+WAVE) — A man was arrested Saturday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run on Bardstown Road in July.

Louisville Metro Police said officers responded around 1:30 a.m. July 5 to a pedestrian hit by a vehicle near the intersection of Bardstown Road and South Watterson Trail.

Police said an unoccupied vehicle was stopped in the left lane of Bardstown Road just north of Watterson Trail after a previous crash.

According to LMPD, the person police believed was driving that vehicle had been standing beside it near a concrete median.

A vehicle traveling southbound on Bardstown Road in the northbound lanes crashed into the man.

Police said the man was taken to UofL Hospital, where he later died.

Gerson Alvarado Arrivillaga, 27, was arrested and charged with murder, leaving the scene of an accident and four counts of wanton endangerment.