Ocala police officers have arrested a man in connection with a Friday night hit-and-run crash that killed a motorcyclist in northwest Ocala. James Calvin Newson, 76, was picked up at his Ocala home after the crash and taken to the Ocala Police Department for questioning. Witnesses told officers the pickup pulled out from 22nd Street and into the bike’s path. Evidence recovered at the sceneOfficers found a license’s plate at the crash scene and they were able to trace it to Newson. Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118, [email protected] or @almillerosbThis article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: Motorcyclist dies in NW Ocala hit-and-run crash; pickup driver charged
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