FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a person riding a moped Wednesday morning is in police custody.
The collision occurred just before 8 a.m. in the 2300 block of Avenue O.
Investigators said a Honda Civic was heading eastbound along Avenue O when they hit the person on the moped, who was traveling southbound along North 23rd Street.
Police said the driver of the Honda fled the scene before officers arrived. He later turned himself in around 1:28 p.m. Wednesday.
The person on the moped was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital but later died from his injuries. His name has not been released.
