Two Charged In Fatal Concord Hit-And-Run, Victims Identified

UPDATE: Authorities have identified the two Concord High School students who were killed in Saturday’s hit-and-run accident.

The victims were identified as 14-year-old Jessie Marroquin Avelino and 15-year-old Ricardo Solano.

Police say Francisco Daniel Marin-Gonzalez was under the influence of drugs at the time of the accident.  He is being held on $1,000,000 bond.

CONCORD, N.C. —  Two men are in custody following a fatal hit-and-run accident that killed two teenagers in Concord Saturday night.

Concord Police responded to a hit-and-run on Concord Parkway North near Liske Avenue and found two males ages 14 and 15-years-old dead after being hit by a vehicle while crossing Concord Parkway North.

Witnesses reported seeing a light colored vehicle leaving the scene.

A Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Deputy found the vehicle abandoned near the scene of the accident.

The driver of the vehicle, Francisco Daniel Marin-Gonzalez, 21, and passenger, Mark Anthony Gutierrez-Santos, 19,  were located shortly thereafter.

Francisco Daniel Marin-Gonzalez was charged with two counts of felony hit and run, two counts of felony death by motor vehicle, and failing to stop an render aid.

Gutierrez-Santos was charged with failing to stop and render aid.