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Aaron Maybin<\/p>\nPublished:\u00a0October 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM<\/p>\n
71-year-old veteran speaks out after surviving hit-and-run in Hollywood <\/p>\n
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 A 71-year-old Vietnam veteran is recovering in the hospital after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Hollywood. <\/p>\n
From his hospital bed, Bruce Smith shared his story in hopes that the driver will be found and held accountable.<\/p>\n
Smith said he was crossing the intersection of Federal Highway and Fillmore Street on October 1st, riding home on his scooter from the grocery store, when a dark-colored car slammed into him and fled the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cI waved to him. Next thing I knew \u2014 boom,\u201d Smith recalled. \u201cI ended up on the ground for 18 minutes. I couldn\u2019t move. I felt like a mashed potato.\u201d<\/p>\n
The crash left Smith with three fractured ribs and multiple bruises. Despite his injuries, he remains in good spirits and determined to get justice.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe he didn\u2019t have insurance, maybe he didn\u2019t have a license,\u201d he said. \u201cBut please, respect somebody. When you hit someone, you should stop. Just don\u2019t drive away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith, who has one leg and uses a mobility scooter, isn\u2019t sure if the scooter still works after the crash. But his main concern is making sure the driver is found \u2014 to prevent anyone else from getting hurt.<\/p>\n
Police are still investigating the incident and searching for the driver. Smith hopes that eyewitnesses or surveillance footage from the area will help lead to an arrest.<\/p>\n
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Aaron Maybin<\/p>\n
Aaron came to Local 10 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he worked as a weekend morning anchor and reporter at WITI-TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0October 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM 71-year-old veteran speaks out after surviving hit-and-run in Hollywood HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-9210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9210","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=9210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}