Man in wheelchair, dog dead after hit-and-run in Orange County

The Brief

  • A man in a wheelchair and a dog were killed in a hit-and-run crash in Orange County on Thursday, Florida Highway Patrol said.
  • A vehicle ran off the road and hit the man, the dog and a woman who were standing on the curb median on Lee Road, according to FHP.
  • The man and the dog died at the scene. The woman was taken to a hospital with injuries.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. A man in a wheelchair and a dog were killed Thursday in a hit-and-run crash in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened just before 9 p.m., March 19, near the intersection of Lee Road and Adanson Street in Orlando.

A driver was traveling eastbound on Lee Road when he ran off the road and hit a man, woman and a dog who were standing on the curbed median, according to the FHP report.

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