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A woman was arrested Monday morning after a homeowner discovered a hit-and-run crash.Emily Hickey, 22, is charged with murder and leaving the scene of an accident.A Bullitt County homeowner called police after finding a moped in a yard on Kentucky Highway 44 between Mt. Washington and Shepherdsville.Shane Stinnett said he was driving to his home on Highway 44 when he noticed the lights flash on a car heading toward him."The car was going really slow and looked like it was dragging a bumper or something," he said.He said he didn't think much of it until he noticed debris in the roadway."Two shoes and some hats but I didn't see anybody so I didn't know if maybe they took them to the hospital or what," Stinnett said.Investigators found the body of the moped rider, Walter Berry Bergin, 29, of Louisville, in a ditch line about 150 feet away.The moped had significant damage and pieces of a car hood were also discovered at the scene. One piece of hood had a VIN sticker on it, according to the Bullitt County sheriff.Authorities said the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Monday.Video from a nearby business showed a vehicle with a female driver, later identified as Hickey, going west in the eastbound lane.Police said Hickey hit the moped and dragged Bergin 100 to 150 feet before she turned right, at which point the victim's body was dislodged.Bullitt County authorities traced the vehicle to a home in Pleasure Ridge Park. The car's owner said her daughter hit a deer and took the vehicle to a body shop.The vehicle was seized by authorities.Investigators said they told Hickey she hit and killed a man, her reaction surprised them."She got a little excited and jumped up and down, but her actual first statement to us was that she had finals in an hour and a half," Bullitt County Capt. Mike Murdoch said.Stinnett said he was surprised to hear Hickey's explanation."There were shoes in the road, so, deer don't wear shoes. It's just terrible," he said.Right now, no more arrests are expected in the case. Hickey is due back in court Tuesday.