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Man facing new charge in fatal hit-and-run of nurse outside UNMH
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The man accused of hitting and killing a University of New Mexico Hospital nurse was rearrested Tuesday on a charge of vehicular homicide.
The new charge was filed against Brian Boyce, 43, in the Oct. 9 death of 28-year-old Alec Montoya. He was previously charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in death.
A 2nd Judicial District grand jury indicted Boyce on additional charges after further investigation by police found that there was an open container of alcohol inside his vehicle, according to Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesperson.
Boyce was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on Wednesday.
Boyce’s attorney did not respond to calls for comment.
Police were sent to Stanford and Lomas NE around 6:45 p.m. Oct. 9 after a caller reported that a person had been struck by a car, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court. Officers arrived and found Montoya lying in the street. He died at the scene.
UNM police obtained security camera footage that showed Boyce’s eastbound vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” on Lomas and hitting Montoya, the complaint states. Boyce could be seen in the footage stopping and getting out of the vehicle.
Boyce requested to be taken to a hospital because there was glass in his eye, according to the complaint. He left shortly after on foot.
Police caught up with Boyce, who was eventually booked into jail and released on his own recognizance, according to online court records.
