MARGATE, Fla. — Margate police spent hours investigating what appeared to be a deadly hit-and-run Thursday morning on Atlantic Boulevard, just east of State Road 7 near the Lakewood shopping center.

Video taken at the scene shows multiple Margate police units lined up along Atlantic Boulevard as detectives investigated what occurred.

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.

No other details about the crash were immediately released by police.

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