A woman who went on the run after she was accused of causing a deadly crash in Hialeah nearly 20 years ago has been arrested, authorities say.

Leydis Menendez Abdala has been charged with vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter, according to Miami-Dade jail records.

On Aug. 12, 2006, Menendez Abdala ran a flashing red light at 68 Street and crashed into Gloria Hall shortly after 4 a.m, according to police.

Hall was killed and Menendez Abdala was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Hall's brother, Miami police Commander Joaquin Freire, described in an Instagram post in 2023 what happened next.

"They interviewed her and she pretty much signed a statement saying that she had been impaired, she had been drinking. So they had to keep on doing the investigation with the blood draw and

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