An 18-year-old man from the east Florida town of Cocoa was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of crash involving death in connection with an Interstate 75 wreck Monday morning.
In that 6:24 a.m. incident near State Road 64 in Manatee County, a 34-year-old truck driver from New Smyrna Beach was killed. FHP said a black Ford Mustang involved in the crash left the scene, setting off a search for the vehicle and its driver, described as a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt.
Jonathan Matos Morales was arrested and booked on Tuesday morning into the Manatee County Jail. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a 2022 black Ford Mustang with damage to its right side was also located.
On Monday morning, in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75, the three-car crash blocked traffic for hours…