Driver Charged In Fatal Hit And Run Crash

Hit and run vehicle located in parking lot of Clayton apartment complex 

CLAYTON – An anonymous tip led state troopers to the parking lot of the Amelia Station apartment complex in Clayton Thursday night.  Troopers had been looking for a blue Volkswagen Jetta that struck and killed a moped operator on the Highway 70 Clayton Bypass at 1:28am that morning.  Steven Mark Ferguson, 57, of Raleigh was riding his red moped eastbound on the Bypass when he was struck from behind and killed. The Volkswagen did not stop at the scene.

Troopers said they located the blue Volkswagen in the rear of the apartment complex. The car had damage to its right front bumper and quarter panel consistent with the hit and run collision. There was also red paint on the hood that reportedly matched the color of the moped.

Troopers seize a vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run crash. Photo by John Payne

Troopers seize a vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run crash. Photo by John Payne

Troopers locate a vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run crash in the rear of the Amelia Station apartment complex in Clayton. Photo by John Payne

Alan Ray Price sits in a Highway Patrol car awaiting transport to jail following his arrest Thursday night in Clayton. Photo by John Payne

Troopers investigate a fatal hit and run collision on the Highway 70 Bypass. Photo by John Payne

Troopers investigate a fatal hit and run collision on the Highway 70 Bypass. Photo by John Payne

Parts from a hit and run passenger car are scattered at the scene of a fatal accident on the Highway 70 Clayton Bypass. Photo by John Payne

Steven Mark Ferguson was killed when his moped was struck from behind by a hit and run vehicle on the Highway 70 Clayton Bypass. Photo by John Payne

About an hour after the vehicle was discovered, troopers said they located the owner of the hit and run vehicle, 45 year-old Alan Ray Price.  Troopers said they were able to determine Price was driving his car at the time of the fatal collision.  He was charged with felony hit and run resulting in the death of Steven Ferguson.  Price was taken to the Johnston County Jail and held on a $50,000 secured bond.  The Volkswagen was seized by the State Highway Patrol.