A Utah man was killed in a hit-and-run accident, and the driver who hit him washed his car at a nearby car wash before fleeing the scene.

According to a series of press releases From the Ogden Police Department, located north of Salt Lake City, a man identified as Christian Hernandez Palma, 21, struck Stirling Kelso, 63, while he was cleaning the car wash parking lot around 5 p.m. local Wednesday. , October 30.

Kelso was pronounced dead at the scene and police said Palma fled before officers arrived. According to police, Kelso was not an employee of the car wash. It’s unclear why he was cleaning the parking lot.

Local media KSL.com reported that security footage of the incident shows a gray Lexus entering the car wash when the driver “hit a pedestrian who was on the ground cleaning the area,” according to a police affidavit.

The outlet added that Palma told police he then stopped at a bay and began washing his car a few meters from Kelso’s body. “I was scared and didn’t know what to do,” Palma told police.

A passerby approached Palma to ask if he knew what happened, and Palma responded that he did not know.

The affidavit obtained by KSL.com states that Palma also stopped to speak with a truck driver whose vehicle had the company logo printed on it. Police tracked the company by its logo and found Palma’s Lexus in the company parking lot. The car sustained damage to the front bumper and undercarriage “consistent with a car-pedestrian collision,” and police arrested Palma shortly afterward.

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Police also said in the affidavit that Palma had a fake U.S. permanent resident ID and did not have a driver’s license, according to KSL.com.

talking to FOX 13 NewsKelso’s daughter Misty confirmed that her father was a victim of the accident and spoke about his personality.

“I talked to him last night,” he told the outlet. “He loves eagles, he’s an eagle man, he loves anything with eagles in it, he collects anything with eagles in it. “He’s going to fly with the eagles.”

Ogden police said in a news release that Palma has been booked into the Weber County Jail on several charges, including felony hit and run for leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a license and failing to maintain a lookout. safe and appropriate.