An Orlando man was arrested after troopers say he hit a bicyclist with his box truck and drove awayA Florida Highway Patrol arrest affidavit says troopers responded to the hit-and-run crash shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of Orange Blossom Trail and Woodsmere Avenue. Witnesses told FHP that the driver, later identified as Jose Batista Grullon, exited a side street hitting the bicyclist. He then slowed, and continued driving, dragging the bicyclist into the middle of the road. Batista Grullon, 41, is facing a hit-and-run charge with failure to remain at the scene involving severe bodily injury, according to an arrest affidavit. FHP said the person on the bicycle was transported to a hospital with a fractured pelvis and internal bleeding, the report says. That person’s condition has not been released. >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
An Orlando man was arrested after troopers say he hit a bicyclist with his box truck and drove away
A Florida Highway Patrol arrest affidavit says troopers responded to the hit-and-run crash shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of Orange Blossom Trail and Woodsmere Avenue.
Witnesses told FHP that the driver, later identified as Jose Batista Grullon, exited a side street hitting the bicyclist. He then slowed, and continued driving, dragging the bicyclist into the middle of the road.
Batista Grullon, 41, is facing a hit-and-run charge with failure to remain at the scene involving severe bodily injury, according to an arrest affidavit.
FHP said the person on the bicycle was transported to a hospital with a fractured pelvis and internal bleeding, the report says. That person’s condition has not been released.
>> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.