{"id":375632,"date":"2026-08-19T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375632\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:16:10","slug":"1-killed-1-arrested-after-deadly-hit-and-run-crash-in-apopka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375632\/","title":{"rendered":"1 killed, 1 arrested after deadly hit-and-run crash in Apopka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1 killed, 1 arrested after deadly hit-and-run crash in Apopka, FHP says<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/e7bde123-d3e0-4384-807b-b9f060165f84\" aria-label=\"Meaghan Mackey profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e7bde123-d3e0-4384-807b-b9f060165f84_1776280999.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Meaghan Mackey\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A 37-year-old Orlando man was killed in a crash Tuesday night in Apopka, and the driver of the other vehicle was arrested after investigators said he fled the scene on foot.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. on County Road 435, also known as Clarcona Road, at Gilliam Road.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 46-year-old Orlando man was driving a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe southbound on Clarcona Road, approaching Gilliam Road. At the same time, a 37-year-old Orlando man was driving a 1999 Honda Civic northbound on Clarcona Road.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">FHP said the driver of the Tahoe tried to turn left onto Gilliam Road but crashed into the front of the Civic.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The Honda driver was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. FHP said he was not wearing a seat belt.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">After the crash, witnesses told investigators they saw the Tahoe driver flee the scene on foot.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">FHP said that with assistance from the Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the driver was detained about one mile from the crash scene.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">FHP identified the driver who fled as Jason Salustro, 46, of Orlando. He was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a death and booked into the Orange County Jail.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">FHP is continuing to investigate the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 killed, 1 arrested after deadly hit-and-run crash in Apopka, FHP says ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A 37-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[10514,7375,151379,5154,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-375632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-apopka","tag-deadly-crash","tag-flee","tag-hit-and-run","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375632","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=375632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}