The crash occurred near the intersection of Okeechobee Road and 25th Street.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. —
Police are searching for a hit-and-run cargo van driver accused of fatally striking a man riding a gas scooter before he crashed into a nearby business and ran away in Fort Pierce.
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Crash in Fort Pierce.
Police officers received multiple 911 calls just before 9 p.m. Sunday about a vehicle crash involving a motorcycle, which later was identified as a gas scooter, close to the intersection of Okeechobee Road and 25th Street, near HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital.
A white cargo van was behind the scooter, traveling east on Okeechobee Road, Maj. Michael Santiago told WPBF’s Angela Rozier at a briefing Monday afternoon. The van driver fled the scene and made a U-turn to drive in the wrong direction across the median on Okeechobee Road, but he crashed into the side of a building, the Kings & Queens Unisex Salon. The man then ran from the scene.
A second vehicle, a Toyota pickup truck, was also struck, but no one was injured.
Police were unable to locate the suspect despite aerial and K-9 units.
They are in possession of the van.
Anyone with information should call the Fort Pierce Police Department at 772-462-6800 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-8477.
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