Delivery driver charged after woman, dog killed in Cary hit-and-run

Bert Ramos, 54, of Morrisville, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and felony hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death.

The crash occurred around 6:45 a.m. on Penny Road near Kildaire Farm Road intersection.

Authorities identified the woman as 65-year-old Nancy Mallian. They said she was wearing a reflective vest and walking her two dogs in the road when she was hit. One of the dogs also died.

After authorities said they were looking for a white box truck with a missing right-side mirror, Ramos called 911 to report that he was the driver who had hit Mallian, a State Highway Patrol trooper said.

Ramos was taken into custody at a delivery facility. He declined to comment after appearing before a magistrate and being released on $50,000 bond, but he told troopers that he thought he had hit a deer.

Ramos told authorities that, when he saw the damage to his truck and news coverage of a dead pedestrian in a neighborhood where he had been, he called 911, a trooper said.