A Halloween night turned terrifying for two families in Punta Gorda after Florida Highway Patrol said a driver hit them while they were out trick-or-treating near Sandhill Boulevard.
Troopers said 66-year-old Eugene Mandarino hit three people and drove away. Troopers said he was tracked down and arrested at his Punta Gorda home, and faces multiple hit-and-run charges.
Watch Fox 4’s Alex Orenczuk report on the Halloween hit-and-run:
Two families are recovering after being hit by a pickup truck on Halloween
Carmelo Rodriguez told Fox 4 he and his fiancée, Megan Denton, were loading their kids into the car after trick-or-treating when Mandarino’s black pickup truck slammed into him…