The Brief
- A 19-year-old driver was arrested Tuesday on a warrant following a deadly hit-and-run scooter crash in St. Petersburg, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.
- Police said Jaida Thomas-McFattan was driving a Toyota sedan that hit a 37-year-old man riding an electric scooter in August.
- The driver left the scene after hitting the victim, who was pronounced dead at the intersection of 5th Avenue North and Tyrone Boulevard North.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A 19-year-old driver was arrested on a warrant for leaving the scene of a deadly crash after a man riding an electric scooter was hit and killed in St. Petersburg in August, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.
Police said Jaida Thomas-McFattan was arrested Tuesday.
St. Petersburg deadly hit-and-run arrest
The backstory:
The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the intersection of 5th Avenue North and Tyrone Boulevard North.…