A suspect in the fatal hit-and-run that occurred early Wednesday morning has been arrested.

Wednesday afternoon the suspected driver, Ricardo Rosas, 45, of Diamond Springs, encountered two deputies at the Dawson Oil gas station at the corner of Pleasant Valley Road and Missouri Flat Road while driving the suspect vehicle, a 2012 silver Dodge Caravan.

He surrendered without incident after CHP officers confirmed the vehicle appeared to match the sought after suspect vehicle and physical evidence found at the scene. The Caravan had significant damage to the right front and right side from the collision and pieces of the vehicle were left behind at the scene.

He’s since been taken into custody and booked into the El Dorado County Jail on a felony hit-and-run charge.

“The pedestrian was killed as a result of the impact,” said CHP officer Rob Smith.

The victim was 87-year-old Gottfried George Brunner, who resided near the location of the incident, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. Next of kin has been notified.

The hit-and-run took place at approximately 6:22 a.m., according to the CHP, and despite life-saving efforts by emergency responders, Brunner was pronounced dead at the scene.

The sedan suspected of hitting Brunner was traveling northbound on Missouri Flat at the time. The vehicle was described as having never stopped or even applied the brakes after the collision.

The driver then fled the scene.

In a press release from the CHP’s Placerville office on Wednesday, it noted that “there was no question that the driver of the sedan was aware of being involved in a collision.”