MOBILE, Ala. – A 37-year-old from Miami was arrested over the weekend after running over her boyfriend on I-10 in Alabama, authorities said.
According to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday in the eastbound lanes of the highway near the Alabama-Mississippi border.
Deputies said Johana Suarez and her boyfriend, Henry Hernandez, 48, were traveling from Miami to California, but got into an argument along the way.
Deputies said Hernandez got out of the car and began walking down the side of the highway, leaving Suarez as the driver.
A witness called 911 shortly after to report that he saw Suarez run over Hernandez, authorities said.
Detectives said the black box in the vehicle showed that Suarez was driving 73 mph when she struck Hernandez with the car.
The silver Chevy was left with serious front-end damage and was disabled upon impact.
Suarez was not injured in the crash, authorities said.
She faces a murder charge and is being held without bond.
Hernandez’s son, who declined to talk on camera, told Local 10 News that his father was a good guy who didn’t have much, but would give you the shirt off of his back and that he didn’t deserve this.
Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to call the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office at 251-574-8633. A GoFundMe page has been created to help Hernandez’s family pay for his funeral expenses.