FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in Broward County are searching for the driver behind a hit-and-run that was caught on camera.
Surveillance video released by Fort Lauderdale police shows the moment the victim was thrown from his moped after being struck from behind along the 700 block of Sunrise Boulevard.
It happened Saturday at approximately 9:38 p.m. at the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Seventh Street.
“It’s just one second I’m there and the next second, I’m on the ground,” said hit-and-run victim Alexander Romaneko.
The driver appeared to be behind the wheel of a blue Toyota Prius and took off after striking the victim, darting into another lane and speeding away.
“The next second, I’m on the ground, and I see people getting out of their car to try to help me, and I’m trying to get to my phone,” said Romaneko. “The rest of it was just really a blur.”
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue rushed Romaneko to Broward Health Medical Center with minor injuries.
“I’m really lucky I was wearing my helmet,” he said.
Romaneko said he is speaking out because he wants the person who hit him and drove away to be found.
“It’s just the fact that they drove off -- I want to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” he said.
Anyone with information is urged to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
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