UPDATE: Fatal hit-and-run vehicle recovered, 2 teens charged

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) -The Scott County Sheriff says two teens have been charged in the hit and run death of a Georgetown man.

According to Sheriff Tony Hampton, one of them is 18-year-old Taylor Putty, of Georgetown. Hampton says the other is a 17-year-old whose name won’t be released.

Hampton also says the vehicle which struck 49-year-old Donald Savage has been located and is now considered evidence.

Officers say it happened just after 12:00 a.m. on Sabin Drive in Georgetown, near Cincinnati Pike.

Savage was reportedly trying to flag the truck down when he was hit.  He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Neighbors in the area say they often try to stop vehicles from driving up and down their roadway because it’s narrow and crowded. They say an empty cul-de-sac in the end of the neighborhood is a destination for illegal activity. It’s something the sheriff’s office acknowledges and try to thwart.

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2-20-17 3:40 p.m.

The Scott County Sheriff says two “persons of interest” are being interviewed after a fatal hit-and-run incident in Georgetown early Monday morning.

According to the Sheriff the vehicle involved in the incident has been recovered.

Officers say it happened just after 12:00 a.m. on Sabin Drive in Georgetown, near Cincinnati Pike.

The victim, 49-year-old Donald Savage was reportedly trying to flag a truck down when he was hit.  He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Sheriff says the two being interviewed are both juveniles.

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12-20-17 3:50 a.m.

Scott County Sheriff: Search for fatal hit & run suspect underway

The Scott County Sheriff’s Office has put out an attempt-to-locate on a truck they say hit and killed a man Monday morning.

ABC 36 was told this happened just after 12 a.m. on Sabin Drive in Georgetown near Cincinnati Pike.

Neighbors tell police 49-year-old Donald Savage of Georgetown was trying to get a truck to stop driving down the road when he was hit.

Deputies say neighbors tell them there have been trucks driving recklessly up and down the street.

Savage was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The hit & run vehicle is described as a silver or white full-sized diesel pickup with a partial Kentucky plate of 8678.

Witnesses say the truck had a Monster Energy Drink sticker and an NRA sticker on the back window.

The Scott County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with any information to please give them a call.