A district court judge today ordered that a Roslindale man who allegedly struck and killed a scooter operator in Roxbury and then fled the scene not drive during the pendency of the case, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

COLIN RATIU (D.O.B. 11/27/87) was arraigned at the Roxbury District Court and charged with one count of motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident causing death. Assistant District Attorney David Bradley of Conley’s Major Felony Bureau requested that Ratiu be held on $25,000 cash bail, and, should he make bail, that he surrender his passport and that he not drive during the pendency of the case. Judge David Poole ordered that the defendant be held on $7,500 bail, and imposed the Commonwealth’s recommended conditions.

“We hope Mr. Prior’s family can find some comfort in the fact that members of the public contacted police with extremely helpful information,” Conley said. “As we enter a new phase of the case, we promise our best efforts to speak on his behalf.”

Bradley told the court that Ratiu was behind the wheel of a blue Hyundai Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle on the night of Nov. 14, 2010, when he collided with 23-year-old Andrew Prior as he travelled on his scooter.

Bradley told the court that evidence suggests Ratiu was driving on Tremont Street at a high rate of speed when he struck Prior. He then continued driving toward Brigham Circle without stopping.

Boston Police responded to the scene shortly before 11:30 p.m. to find Prior, a Syracuse man attending school in Boston, suffering from fatal injuries. He was rushed to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Bradley told the court that a witness, “indicated that Mr. Ratiu had told [the witness] that he was operating that motor vehicle the night of the accident.” Ratiu allegedly told the same witness that he “swerved to avoid a skunk and then hit something and then took off without stopping.”

Acting on information obtained late last week, Boston Police homicide detectives on Friday found the Santa Fe parked near Ratiu’s home. Bradley told the court that the vehicle had sustained significant front end damage “consistent with striking a human.” Ratiu was taken into custody at that time.

Shortly after the collision, Boston Police publicized the make and model of the suspect vehicle and asked area auto body shops to be mindful of such vehicles needing repairs for unexplained damage.

Michael Schultz is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate. Ratiu is represented by attorney Neni Odiaga. He will return to court on March 11.