{"id":352624,"date":"2026-07-26T02:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T02:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/352624\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T02:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T02:51:10","slug":"family-still-searching-for-driver-who-hit-11-year-old-riding-e-scooter-on-orlando-sidewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/352624\/","title":{"rendered":"Family still searching for driver who hit 11-year-old riding e-scooter on Orlando sidewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family still searching for driver who hit 11-year-old riding e-scooter on Orlando sidewalk<\/p>\n

\"Avery<\/a>ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

An Orlando father is urging the driver who hit his 11-year-old son while he was riding an e-scooter to come forward. <\/p>\n

The crash happened last Sunday afternoon on Colonial Drive. Nearly one week later, the Florida Highway Patrol is still investigating. <\/p>\n

“I just don’t know why he hasn’t turned himself in,” Raymond Marin said. “My message to (the driver) is just, turn yourself in. An accident happened, but you should have stayed.” <\/p>\n

Raymond’s son, Josiah Marin, said he went to grab a drink at the gas station near his home around 2 p.m. on July 19. He rode his e-scooter on the sidewalk. On his way back, he said a car pulling out of a parking lot hit him near Pel Street. <\/p>\n

“I guess they didn’t see me,” Josiah said. “It went out and hit me.” <\/p>\n

Raymond said he heard the driver ask his son if he was OK before driving away. Josiah now has a broken arm and bruising. <\/p>\n

“Now, we’re dealing with the consequences of what happened,” Raymond said. “I called the police, and I got FHP involved, and we’ve been trying to find the driver ever since.” <\/p>\n

On Friday, a spokesperson for FHP told WESH 2 that the crash remains an active criminal investigation. <\/p>\n

As the Marin family waits for someone to come forward, they’re calling on all drivers to be more aware. <\/p>\n

“I’m glad nothing else. It could have been his head. I could have gotten another phone call, God forbid,” Raymond said. “There’s kids out there with e-bikes with e-scooters. It’s a different world now.” <\/p>\n

Anyone with information about this crash is asked to call FHP (*347) or CRIMELINE at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Family still searching for driver who hit 11-year-old riding e-scooter on Orlando sidewalk ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 An…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-352624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}