A local volunteer fire chief accused of fatally striking 21-year-old Sasha Holt with his vehicle and fleeing the scene last Wednesday (7/1) has been allowed to leave the state of Montana with his family until further court proceedings.

38-year-old Jason Caughey was arrested Friday (7/3) but is currently free on $200,000 bail. Caughey has resigned from his job as an instructor at the MSU Fire Service Training School and Judge Dirk Sandefur granted his lawyer's request to allow Caughey to return to the state of Minnesota with his family until further hearings.

The victim's family say they were outraged by that decision.

"I'm not a mean person, but I don't want this swept away," said Diane Walden, Sasha Holt's mother. "He should have to pay for what he did to my sweetheart."

Court documents released Monday (7/6) state that a search by the Montana Highway Patrol of Caughey's home found that damage to his Nissan Xterra was consistent with the scene of the accident and matched vehicle fragments found at the scene.

The court documents also state that Caughey initially told a Cascade County Sheriff's Deputy that he believed he was the second vehicle who struck the girl and initially thought he had hit a dog instead.