MARGATE, Fla. — A 55-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning after he struck another man with his pickup truck in Margate and then fled the scene, authorities said.
According to Margate police, the hit-and-run crash was reported at about 2:50 a.m. in the 5400 block of West Atlantic Boulevard.
Police said the victim, Gregory Bowman, 59, of Margate, was walking on the sidewalk before he stepped off the curb and began crossing West Atlantic Boulevard, heading north, when he was struck by a blue 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck that was heading east.
Police said the driver, John Calvino Jr., of Coral Springs, fled the scene but was located later in the morning in Hollywood.
He was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.
Margate police spent hours at the scene near the Lakewood shopping center investigating the circumstances leading up to the crash.
Video shows multiple Margate police units lined up along Atlantic Boulevard as detectives investigated.
A portion of the roadway was shut down for several hours while officers gathered evidence and documented what happened.
Another video shows the medical examiner removing the victim’s body from the scene before the road was reopened.
“My heart goes out to him. But like I said, long story short, it’s a busy highway,” one man who frequents the area said.
Police are asking that anyone who witnessed the crash or has information related to the investigation calls Traffic Homicide Investigator Officer R. Calder at 954-935-5309.
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