Bryan teen charged in hit-and-run case arrested on new charges

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The Bryan teen arrested Sept. 14 on a driving while intoxicated charge after he allegedly hit and seriously injured a Texas A&M student has been arrested again.

According to College Station police, Pedro Damion Puga, 17, is now charged with tampering with evidence and unlawfully carrying a weapon.

Police said at around 2 a.m. Sept. 14, officers responded to the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive where a pedestrian, who has been identified via an online fundraiser as Carly Beatty, had been hit by a car. A witness said the car’s driver did not stop to assist the Texas A&M sophomore, but continued on to a nearby parking lot and got out to look at the damage to his vehicle before leaving.