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By Vanessa Ogle
Brooklyn Daily
The driver who mowed down a family in Flatlands on Wednesday afternoon, killing 12-year-old girl and leaving her mother and 9-year-old sister in critical condition, turned himself in just hours after authorities released his picture to the media, according to police.
Police say Robert DeCarlo was driving a stolen Dodge Caravan on Flatlands Avenue towards Canarsie when he jumped the curb and struck the family between 46th Street and Schenectady Avenue at 4:42 pm July 2.
He then allegedly fled the scene of the crime on foot, leaving the wrecked van perched on a fire hydrant.
The three victims were rushed to Kings County Hospital Center, where 12-year-old Joey Sellers died during the night, and her mother and sister remain in critical condition.
Police identified DeCarlo as the alleged driver the next day and released a photo of the 26-year-old suspect, asking the public to help track him down.
A few hours later, DeCarlo walked into the 62nd Precinct station house in Bath Beach and surrendered.
“He turned himself in,” a police spokesman said.
DeCarlo already has a long rap sheet, according to the District Attorney’s Office, including second- and third-degree assault, second- and third-degree robbery, and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth and fifth degree.