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Broward deputies arrested a driver accused of hitting a scooter rider in Lighthouse Point\u00a0and fleeing; the victim died at Broward Health North.<\/p>\n
Miami Herald File<\/p>\n
Broward deputies charged a driver who they say fatally hit a man on a scooter in Lighthouse Point and then sped away late Sunday. He was arrested Thursday.<\/p>\n
Gustavo Mendez, 39, of Boca Raton, is facing a charge of failure to remain on scene in an accident involving death, the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Broward deputies find hit-and-run driver who killed a man: BSO<\/a><\/p>\n Around 9:25 p.m Sunday, the unidentified stand-up-scooter rider was crossing through the intersection of Northeast 49th Street and North Federal Highway when Mendez drove into him in his gray Toyota Corolla, deputies said.<\/p>\n After the crash, Mendez sped away, police say. Lighthouse Point Fire Rescue took the scooter rider to Broward Health North Medical Center. He later died.<\/p>\n Lighthouse Point police asked BSO\u2019s Traffic Homicide Unit to take over the case.<\/p>\n Deputies said Wednesday they had identified Mendez as the driver, and found him and the vehicle in Boca Raton.<\/p>\n The sheriff\u2019s office filed an arrest warrant for Mendez. The Lighthouse Point Police Department executed the warrant and arrested Mendez.<\/p>\n As of Friday, he was still in the Broward County Main Jail.<\/p>\n