{"id":43447,"date":"2024-03-27T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=43447"},"modified":"2024-03-27T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:22:15","slug":"lakeland-man-arrested-at-brandon-mall-after-fleeing-deadly-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/03\/27\/lakeland-man-arrested-at-brandon-mall-after-fleeing-deadly-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland man arrested at Brandon Mall after fleeing deadly crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Lakeland man who struck and killed a student while fleeing the scene of another crash was arrested at the Brandon Mall on Wednesday, troopers say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hit-and-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hit-and-run.jpg 889w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hit-and-run-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/hit-and-run-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It started in Polk County at about 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, when Edgardo Joel Rosado Perez, 41, was dropping off his daughter at Bartow High School, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. Perez was involved in a \u201cminor crash\u201d with a Chevrolet SUV, and he fled the scene in a 2018 Hyundai sedan, troopers say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perez was driving north on South Jackson Avenue near East Pearl Street \u201cat a high rate of speed\u201d when troopers say he struck an 18-year-old Bartow High School student who was walking to school. Perez fled the scene of that crash, too, and the student died of his injuries, the news release states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perez\u2019s Hyundai was later found parked in a garage at his home in Polk County, the news release states. Troopers learned he had fled in a blue 2017 Ford Fiesta, and they sought the public\u2019s help in locating the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hillsborough deputies later found the Ford Fiesta parked at the Brandon Mall, and Perez was inside the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perez was arrested by the Highway Patrol and taken to the Hillsborough County jail, according to the news release. His booking information was not immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lakeland man who struck and killed a student while fleeing the scene of another crash was arrested at the Brandon Mall on Wednesday, troopers say. 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