Video shows fatal hit-and-run on Palmetto Expressway - Local 10
CAPTIONING COMPANY Calvin Hughes: RIGHT NOW AT 6:00 CHILLING VIDEO JUST LAID CRASH THAT KILLED A MCCAIN ON ITS PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY. Laurie Jennings: NOW HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS ARE HOPING THIS VIDEO WILL LEAD TO AN ARREST. LET'S GET TO LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER ROSS PALOMBO WITH OUR TOP STORY AT 6:00. Reporter: LAURIE AND CALVIN, THIS VIDEO FRANKLY IS HORRIFYING. A COMMERCIAL TRUCK CAM JUST HAPPENS TO BE ROLLING AT 4:INVITE MORNING. THE DIGITAL DISPLAY SHOWS THE TRUCK IS GOING MORE THAN 50 MILES AN HOUR, BUT WATCH AS THIS MAZDA STILL SPEEDS ABOUT A AS IF THE TRUCK WAS STANDING STILL AND CROSSES LANES, SLAMMING INTO THE SCOOTER. WE HAVE TO FREEZE THE VIDEO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT'S SO GRAPHIC, BUT AFTER THE HIT YOU CAN SEE THE TRAIL OF DEBRIS AS THE TRUCK STOPS TO HELP. THIS GREEN MAZDA, THOUGH, KEEPS ON GOING, NEVER STOPPING. IT'S BELIEVED TO BE A 1999 OR 2000 GREEN MAZDA AND LIKELY HAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AND FRONT FERNANDEZ. TO SEE THAT VIDEO AGAIN, YOU CAN GO TO LOCAL10. FHP IS LOOKING FOR ANY HELP THEY CAN GET FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ONE. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS GREEN MAZDA 1999 OR 2000, CALL THEM. The Florida Highway Patrol has released video that shows a fatal hit-and-run crash on the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade County. The crash was reported just after 4:30 a. m. Saturday in the eastbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway approaching the Interstate 95 exit. Source: www.local10.com
