36-year old Narkesh Kumar of Livingston was arrested on Monday.
On Thursday night around 11:30 p.m., a witness saw a vehicle driving on Yosemite at G Street that hit and killed a pedestrian sitting in the middle of the roadway.
The suspect drove off in a white minivan.
Once the vehicle was tracked down, Kumar was found and booked into the Merced County Jail on felony hit and run charges.