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Ramon Antonio Vargas

TikToker who allegedly hit and killed man while livestreaming is arrested

Chicago police car
Lucas was killed in the Chicago suburb of Zion. Photograph: Matt Gush/Alamy

The social media creator who allegedly hit and killed a pedestrian as she hosted a livestream while simultaneously driving through a Chicago suburb has been arrested, according to authorities.

Known best to her online followers as Tea Tyme, Tynesha McCarty-Wroten was arrested Tuesday for her role in the 3 November death of 59-year-old Darren Lucas, said Lt Paul Kehrli of the Zion, Illinois, police department.

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