A 48-year-old Casselberry man was struck and killed Sunday night in Orange County when a driver struck his wheelchair and fled the scene, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The fatal wreck happened around 9 p.m. on State Road 436 near State Road 50, east of downtown Orlando.
The FHP said a vehicle, described by a witness as a dark-colored sedan, was southbound on S.R. 436 and struck the man, who was traveling west in a wheelchair and was not in a marked crosswalk.
The man was taken to a hospital and was pronounced dead, the FHP said.
The sedan took off after the crash, according to an FHP crash report.
Anyone with information about the wreck is asked to call FHP at *347 or Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.
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Source: ClickOrlando
