Van driver sought after fleeing fatal crash involving scooter in Fort Pierce

The crash occurred near the intersection of Okeechobee Road and 25th Street.

The crash occurred near the intersection of Okeechobee Road and 25th Street.

Police are searching for a hit-and-run cargo van driver accused of fatally striking a man riding a gas scooter before he crashed into a nearby business and ran away in Fort Pierce.

google mapCrash in Fort Pierce.Police officers received multiple 911 calls just before 9 p.m. Sunday about a vehicle crash involving a motorcycle, which later was identified as a gas scooter, close to the intersection of Okeechobee Road and 25th Street, near HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital.

A white cargo van was behind the scooter, traveling east on Okeechobee Road, Maj. Michael Santiago told WPBF's Angela Rozier at a briefing Monday afternoon. The van driver fled the scene and made a U-turn to drive in the wrong direction across the median on Okeechobee Road, but he crashed into the side of a building, the Kings & Queens Unisex Salon. The man then ran from the scene.

A second vehicle, a Toyota pickup truck, was also struck, but no one was injured.

Police were unable to locate the suspect despite aerial and K-9 units.

Anyone with information should call the Fort Pierce Police Department at 772-462-6800 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-8477.

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