ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orlando man is facing two felony charges more than two years after he struck and killed a woman riding an electric scooter near the University of Central Florida’s main campus and fled the scene, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
On Feb. 18, 2023, Nico Anthony Torres, 30, was driving his white 2022 Ford F-350 pickup truck northbound on Bonneville Drive near Scranton Avenue when he failed to observe Skye Van Dyne, 28, who was traveling north on the same road. The right front of Torres’ truck struck Van Dyne from behind, according to an FHP report.
The force of the impact propelled Van Dyne more than 105 feet in a northeasterly direction, where she came to rest on the east shoulder of the road. She was later pronounced dead at the scene…