Hit-and-run driver who killed scooter rider has been arrested, BSO says

Broward deputies charged a driver who they say fatally hit a man on a scooter in Lighthouse Point and then sped away late Sunday. He was arrested Thursday.

Gustavo Mendez, 39, of Boca Raton, is facing a charge of failure to remain on scene in an accident involving death, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

Around 9:25 p.m Sunday, the unidentified stand-up-scooter rider was crossing through the intersection of Northeast 49th Street and North Federal Highway when Mendez drove into him in his gray Toyota Corolla, deputies said…

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