MELBOURNE, Fla. – UPDATE: Melbourne police reported they arrested the hit-and-run driver Friday morning near North Wickham Road in Suntree.
Police said the driver — Eugene Sturn, 54 — faces charges for failing to stop or remain at a crash involving serious bodily injury, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage.
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ORIGINAL: The Melbourne Police Department on Wednesday asked the public for tips as its investigators worked to track down a vehicle that left a man injured in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday.
According to a news release, the crash occurred at 1:52 a.m. on Hibiscus Boulevard just east of Evans Road in front of “The Oaks,” a shopping plaza.
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A 2020 Chevrolet Spark that police said was an unknown color, possibly black, struck a man who was in the roadway, driving away westbound after inflicting “significant injuries.”
The car has significant damage to its front driver’s side area, police said, including a missing black-colored driver’s side mirror and a damaged windshield.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the car or its driver is urged to contact Melbourne traffic homicide investigators by calling 321-616-6118.