CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Cheektowaga police announced an arrest has been made in connection to a fatal hit-and-run in February 2022.
Police said 32-year-old Frankie Hauser of Buffalo allegedly struck 64-year-old Paul Kitchen on Clinton Street under the Route I-90 bridge on February 26, 2022, and fled the scene. Kitchen was taken to ECMC where he later died from his injuries.
Hauser was arraigned in Erie County Court and charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident resulting in death and released on his own recognizance.
7 News spoke to Kitchen's family in March 2022, his family described him as fun-loving, funny, and regimented and said he was killed on his 64th birthday.
Family of Cheektowaga hit and run victim remembers him as "fun-loving" and "funny"
