Wednesday's 441-Sandalfoot Pedestrian

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Thanks to yet another reader for both the above photo and the details of an incident Wednesday at Sandalfoot and 441.

Regarding your story yesterday about the man hit on 441 and sandalfoot: I was there and know what happened.
The driver was in the turning lane turning from 441 onto Sandalfoot west on a green light. The homeless man was very drunk on his bike fighting with another homeless man when he got pissed and decided to ride into oncoming traffic from the side of the road.
The driver didn’t even see him and the man on the bike collided with the side breaking the mirror and making a couple scratches to the car, his bike was undamaged. The man was taken by ambulance and was highly intoxicated but otherwise seemed ok on the scene.
The police made a report and even the other homeless men acted as witnesses on the driver’s behalf. The driver was found not at fault. I will include a photo to prove how close I was to the incident.

We reported the incident earlier on Facebook and other readers sent us photos, below:
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Our best guess is that the police car is from Coconut Creek PD, but we’re not sure.

Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Tuesday Night on 441

Last night we were heading out to the grocery store and noticed this tweet:
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Since we ended up at the Sandalfoot Publix, we headed over to the intersection of SW 18th (Marina) and 441 to take a look. The incident was mostly resolved but deputies were on scene clearing it up.
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There were still flares burning on the sidewalk on the northeast corner along SW 18th.
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We could also see residue in the roadway on SW 18th from what we think were flares.
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Palm Beach County Fire Rescue reported that they found a man in the roadway who had been struck by a vehicle and he was transported to Delray Medical Center for as a trauma patient. We have heard reports that this was a hit-and-run with the vehicle driving away.
One of our readers shared this photo with us from the scene. It’s not pretty, but far enough away that you can’t tell much from it. As with the majority of these stories today, hit and runs on pedestrians seem to be climbing, if you ever find yourself being involved in a hit and run you will benefit greatly from hiring an attorney that specializes in pedestrian accidents earlier rather than later.
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We don’t see any arrests in the Sheriff’s blotter today for hit-and-run so it appears the driver has not been caught yet. If anyone has any ideas, please notify Crime Stoppers or let us know and we’ll forward tips to the Sheriff.

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