Tragedy struck on West Sunrise Boulevard as 25-year-old Travaris McCoy was arrested following a hit-and-run incident that claimed the life of 70-year-old Johnnie Lee Davis, announced Local 10. McCoy faces several charges including leaving the scene of a crash causing death, after the Fort Lauderdale police alleged that he fled the scene on Monday evening without aiding the injured Davis or calling for police assistance.
McCoy’s apprehension came yesterday and his bond has been set at $76,000 by a Broward County judge, with the bond court hearing revealing McCoy’s previous encounters with the law; this update comes according to the same report by Local 10. In a separate development, the devastated family of Davis has been left seeking answers and justice for the loss of their loved one who resided across the street from where the incident occurred, which Hoodline detailed in a heartfelt announcement.
The victim’s daughter, Jazzlynn Simmons, experienced double agony as she found her father critically injured on the road, an incident that occurred only a few months after the loss of her mother – a detail obtained from an interview she gave to NBC Miami, cited by Hoodline. The hit-and-run happened around 8 p.m. near Northwest 5th Avenue, and Davis was tragically pronounced dead at the scene…