A Salt Lake man has been charged with two Class A misdemeanors in connection with the traffic death Friday of a Salt Lake woman.

Alex E. Baca, 24, was charged Tuesday in 3rd Circuit Court with negligent homicide and failure to stop at the scene of an injury accident.Baca is accused of erratically driving the van that struck another car in the intersection of Second South and Third West about 7:30 p.m. Friday. Marion French, 40, the driver of the car, was killed. Baca fled the scene on foot, according to the charges.

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Baca turned himself in Saturday and was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail.

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