A 37-year-old woman is accused of hitting a 16-year-old boy, jumping out of a pickup truck to cover her license plate and fleeing from the wreck in Volusia County, according to deputies.
The hit-and-run crash happened just before 4 p.m. Thursday on Gage Avenue near Noah Street.
According to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, the teen was riding his scooter home from school when he was struck by a black Chevrolet Silverado. He suffered a serious cut on the back of his head when he hit the ground, deputies said.
The driver, S W, checked on the boy before going back to her truck to cover the license plate with paper and tape, the sheriff’s office said. A witness took down the first character of the tag and a Ring camera in the area captured the truck leaving, a news release said.
“All that info allowed deputies and analysts at the Volusia County Crime Center to quickly locate a suspect vehicle captured on a nearby License Plate Reader camera within minutes,” the sheriff’s office said.
W was arrested in Flagler County. She faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and driving with a suspended license.
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Source: clickorlando
