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Webster police arrest man in connection with fatal Water Street crash

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WEBSTER – The Webster Police Department said it arrested a man Wednesday in connection with a fatal auto-pedestrian crash in the 200 block of Water Street on Friday, Oct. 30.

According to the department, investigators arrested Ezekiel Jesse Martinez, 31, on Nov. 4. Police said the crash killed Justin Padilla, 24, and seriously injured his sister, Felicity Padilla, 20.

Martinez was charged with one count of failure to stop and render aid involving death and one count of failure to stop and render aid involving serious bodily injury, police said.

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