A Florida lady was arrested after she allegedly hit an adolescent crossing the street along with her truck, lined her license plate and drove off.
Sarah Wright, 37, was arrested Thursday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with harm and driving with a suspended license.
The crash occurred simply earlier than 4 p.m. on the intersection of Gage Avenue and Noah Road in Deltona, Florida, based on the Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The sufferer, a 16-year-old boy, was driving his scooter dwelling from Pine Ridge Excessive College when he was struck by a black Chevrolet Silverado whereas utilizing the crosswalk, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
{The teenager} fell to the bottom, leading to a critical laceration to the again of his head, in addition to an harm to his arm, however he remained alert and aware after the incident.
A witness mentioned she was checking her mailbox close by when she heard the crash.
She informed investigators the suspect, later recognized as Wright, received out of his truck after the crash and checked on the boy earlier than returning to his car and overlaying his license plate with paper and tape.
However the witness was nonetheless capable of see the primary signal of his tag. A neighborhood Ring digicam additionally captured the truck fleeing the scene.
The sufferer and witness have been additionally capable of present an in depth description of the suspect.
Officers have been then capable of find a suspicious car captured by a close-by license plate reader digicam inside minutes.
Wright was present in Flagler County and brought into custody with the assistance of the Florida Freeway Patrol and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace.
She was booked into the Flagler County Jail on $3,500 bond.
The teenage sufferer required braces for the laceration and remedy for the arm harm, however is anticipated to make a full restoration.
