Authorities say a Pennsylvania man on Sunday denied striking a woman with his car despite her the upper half of her severed body having been found on his passenger side floor . Jose Antonio Santiago , 33 , is charged with causing an accident involving death or injury in the hit-and-run near Allentown after cops identified him by matching the car parts lost at the scene to those missing from his badly damaged car . State police say 62-year-old Anna Lewis was hit so hard that her body was cut in half and that the upper half of her severed torso was found in Santiago 's Saab . Scroll down for video . Sliced in half : Anna Lewis ( left , with her niece ) was hit so hard in a hit-and-run Sunday that she was sliced in half at the waist with her top half ending up in the driver 's car and the bottom being left behind . Her sister Rosalie Carlo , 51 , of Brooklyn , New York , suffered a broken wrist and other injuries in the crash , reports LeHighValley.com , after the sisters were hit while walking on the shoulder of a road in Hanover Township . Carlo and Lewis had just left a restaurant where they had dinner , when ' I saw a bright light and I felt a push , ' Carlo recalled from her hospital bed Monday . ' I felt enormous pressure , like a Mack truck hit me . ' The next thing she remembers , she was being roused by a passerby who told her help was on the way . Meanwhile , her sister 's lower torso was among the debris left behind by the hit-and-run driver , her head and torso had presumably crashed through the driver 's windshield . ' I hope he rots in hell , ' she would later tell Lehighvalley.com . 'It 's not right . My sister was a good woman . ' Police found Santiago 's heavily damaged car about 90 minutes after the crash and Santiago two hours later when he approached a state trooper at his damaged car and identified himself . Police say Santiago admitted driving a friend home from a bar that night after having a few drinks but denied hitting anyone . ' I hope he rots in hell ' : Lewis 's sister Rosalie Carlo ( center ) was with her when a car sliced her in half and drove off with half her body in the car . Suspect approached them : Police searched the scene and found pieces of a car left behind , including a side mirror and front grill . They soon found a badly damaged car with the missing parts . 'Was there a crash on Airport Rd ? I had looked on WFMZ news and seen there was a hit and run accident , I did n't hit anyone . I would 've stopped . I 'm not a bad person , ' he told them , apparently without prompting . He also told them , ' I was just bringing my friend home and it all happened so fast , but I did n't hit anyone . If I did , I would 've stopped . ' Left at the scene were a car 's mirror , the front grill , the right headlight , a portion of a window and other parts , according to records . Police discovered Santiago 's car was missing those parts . His right pant leg was also covered in red 'body matter . ' Police indicated that Santiago smelled of alcohol but did not specify whether he 'd been given a field sobriety test . Police did say they suspected both alcohol and speed were factors , reports WFMZ . He 's been charged with a felony count of accidents involving death or personal injury , reports LeHighValley.com . He was locked up in Lehigh County jail in lieu of $ 275,000 bail . It remained unclear whether he 'd face DUI charges . Also unclear was whether Santiago had anyone else in the car at the time he allegedly hit Lewis . Jose Antonio Santiago , 33 , approached the police as they inspected his badly damaged 2003 Saab and told them he 'd heard about a hit and run on the news . Police say he was covered in blood and smelled of alcohol . Horrific : The horror crash occurred as the sisters were walking along the median on Allentown 's Airport Road .
Police say Jose Antonio Santiago hit pedestrian Anna Lewis , 62 , so hard on Sunday her body was sliced in half -- the top of which lodged inside the car . Allentown , Pennsylvania authorities found pieces of a car left at the scene and later spotted Santiago 's smashed Saab and Lewis 's upper torso . Still , Santiago told them ' I did n't hit anyone . If I did , I would 've stopped . I 'm not a bad person ' Police also say they saw red 'body matter ' on Santiago 's right pant leg and that he smelled of alcohol .