WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – Florida Highway Patrol needs your help locating a hit-and-run driver in Wesley Chapel.
According to troopers, a gray sedan, was traveling northbound on Tonka Terrace, south of Oldwoods Avenue, where a 17-year-old female from Wesley Chapel was crossing the roadway in a marked crosswalk with an electric scooter.
Troopers say the driver failed to stop for a posted stop sign and collided with the child.
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Upon impact, the driver stopped and asked the child if she was injured, then abruptly left the scene and was last seen traveling westbound on Oldwoods Avenue.
The child described the driver as a white male, aged 20-30, with semi-long shaggy brown hair and brown eyes. The older model sedan is expected to have front-end damage from the collision, troopers say.
The child was transported to an area hospital where she was treated for a broken arm.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call *FHP (*347) or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.
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