LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — The driver in a hit-and-run crash that occurred on Monday, Jan. 14, at US-27 turned himself in Thursday, Jan. 16.
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According to FHP, a tow truck was parked partially on the outside lane and the shoulder of southbound U.S. 27, working to remove the broken-down car.
The disabled driver was standing behind his disabled car, waving to signal traffic to move over to the next lane.
49-year-old Charles Millan Ramirez was traveling southbound and failed to move over and struck the man in the roadway, investigators said.
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Troopers said the pedestrian was thrown from the impact and struck the driver’s side mirror of the parked tow truck.
He died at the crash site.
FHP said the SUV, later described by a witness as a white KIA Soul with an Indiana license plate, continued southbound on U.S. 27, then turned right onto Margaux Drive before striking a decorative rock in the center median.
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Investigators said that driver then turned around, reentered U.S. 27 southbound, and drove away from the crash scene.
After receiving an anonymous tip, troopers located the SUV in a hotel parking lot with damages consistent with the collision.
FHP did not identify the man who was struck and killed, but said he was a resident of Auburndale, age 37.
The tow truck driver was not hurt, troopers said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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