Bruce Lane told his boss he struck a deer with his company pickup truck. What investigators say happened, according to a probable cause affidavit for Lane's arrest, is that he hit 39-year-old Tiffany Price near Crown Hill Cemetery before fleeing the scene where Price was pronounced dead.

Price was walking along the northbound lanes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street on July 8 when she was struck. The force of impact projected her into the southbound lanes where she was struck again by at least one other vehicle, police said.

There were no witnesses, drivers or vehicles at the scene, the affidavit said. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police detectives used a combination of cell phone pings, video surveillance and traffic cameras to figure out who hit Price and to locate Lane.

The IMPD Accident Investigation Unit responded to the scene to collect evidence, including pieces of a headlight determined to have come from a white Ford F250 Super Duty pickup truck.

On July 9, detectives obtained video surveillance from a gas station that showed a white Ford F250 traveling northbound with a damaged driver side headlight. The pickup had an amber upper windshield light bar, lettering on the side and driver's door, a rack on the top rear, a camper shell and doors on the rear of the camper shell.

Detectives then looked through intersection and traffic cameras, where they located images of a vehicle matching that description. They were able to see its license plate and determine the company the truck belonged to.

Lane reported to his supervisor July 9 that he struck a deer in the company pickup, his employer said. The employer saw the pickup was located in the 3700 block of Langston Drive, where detectives headed the next day.

Detectives inspected and photographed the Ford and obtained a search warrant for the location vehicle was stored. Detectives said pieces of the headlight and front grill recovered at the crash site matched perfectly with the parts on the Ford, according to the affidavit.

Other details, such as the lettering, amber light bar, camper shell and top rack also matched up, the affidavit said.

On July 16, the company provided the Ford's GPS report, which indicated the pickup had been turned on, driven, idled, turned off and changed location several times July 8. The GPS had been manually turned off at 10 p.m., 20 minutes prior to the crash, and turned back on at noon the next day, according to the affidavit.

One of Lane's employers told the detective that the system had been manually unplugged.

Detectives obtained and served a warrant for Lane's cell phone number. The phone had pinged near the crash site minutes before Price was struck, according to the affidavit, then continued to the 3700 block of Langston Drive.

Lane did not call 911, stop to provide identification or help Price before fleeing the scene, according to the affidavit. He then falsified a story to his employer and concealed his vehicle at a different location than his residence, police said.

Lane is being charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident Resulting in Death or Catastrophic Injury. The lead attorney in his case was listed as Kathie Perry.

The IndyStar reached out to Perry, who had no comment to give as of Thursday, Aug. 11.

Contact Phyllis Cha at pcha@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @phyllischa.