SAD NEWS : Charleston police confirmed two young women’s death, but details are still unknown.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Newly released affidavits are providing a clearer picture of how a deadly downtown Charleston hit-and-run involving two young women unfolded. Here is a timeline of the April 28 crashes that led to the deaths of 20-year-olds Lizzy Zito and Arianna Gamber: 1:11 a.m. — Surveillance video captures 32-year-old Seth Carlson‘s pick-up truck traveling north on East Bay Street, about 0.5 miles from the crash location, with two functioning headlights. 1:12 a.m. — Zito and Gamber are walking north on Morrison Drive in the pedestrian/bicycle lane when a pick-up truck veers out of its lane and into the bike lane, striking the victims. The car continues north. Unspecified — Surveillance footage shows the same pick-up truck with damage to the front passenger-side headlight about 0.5 miles

From the crash scene. 1:22 a.m. — A witness claims seeing a truck drive erratically down Cosgrove Avenue before colliding with a ditch off Sam Rittenburg Boulevard. The witness stops to speak with the motorist, eventually identified as Carlson, before fleeing.

1:43 a.m. — A second driver, later identified as 25-year-old Max Gentilin, is seen driving north on Morrison Drive when his vehicle veers off the right side of the road, striking the two victims and running into the curb. The automobile is later discovered approximately 0.3 miles away, at the Morrison Yard apartment complex.

8:32 a.m. — Officers react to reports of a fatal pedestrian crash after a civilian contacts 911 to report two victims who are unresponsive just off the road. The two victims: Zito

and Gamber — are pronounced dead at the scene. The arrests
Days later, on April 30, Gentilin surrenders to authorities at 3:15 p.m. He is accused of leaving the scene of a fatal collision on two separate occasions.

Gentilin was given a $300,000 surety bond and released from the Charleston County Detention Centre about 11 p.m. on May 2.

The ongoing inquiry suggests that the victims were struck by another car before being hit by Gentilin.

Investigators identify the vehicle involved in the first collision, and Carlson is arrested on May 6. He is charged with two charges of leaving the scene of a fatal accident and two counts of reckless vehicular homicide.

He was issued a $600,000 bond and remains in the Charleston County Detention Centre as of Tuesday afternoon.

Charges explained
Leaving the site of an accident that caused death.

According to South Carolina law, a driver engaged in an accident that causes injury or death must stop at the site, exchange information with other drivers, offer necessary aid, and immediately call police enforcement.

When an accident results in death, a person who knowingly fails to stop or comply with the conditions outlined above commits a felony. The offence is punishable by one to 25 years in jail for each charge.

Reckless homicide.

According to South Carolina law, a person is guilty of reckless vehicular murder if it is proven that they were driving “in reckless disregard of the safety of others” and that their driving was a proximate cause of someone’s death.

“If someone drove recklessly and killed someone, that would undoubtedly be reckless homicide,” criminal defence attorney Nathan Williams argued. “So it could be anything from highly excessive speed, leaving the road, being impaired, or any combination of those things.”

Reckless homicide carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail for each crime.