18-year-old student was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at Jackson Street and Pearl Street in Bartow, Florida
Bartow student killed in hit-and-run crash; suspect at large, FHP says
According to FHP, a man was involved in a minor crash at Bartow High School early Wednesday morning and then drove off in a 2018 Hyundai sedan. The same driver then struck an 18-year-old boy while driving north on Jackson Street at Pearl Street.
Officials searching for suspect who hit, killed 18-year-old with sedan then fled
FHP said the sedan was later found at a Polk County home, where troopers learned the driver had already changed vehicles and took off in a blue 2017 Ford Fiesta with the Florida tag number 5613UJ.
Troopers: Bartow High School student killed in hit-and-run; driver arrested
When Perez was approaching Pearl Street "at a high rate of speed," FHP says he hit an 18-year-old male student who was walking to school.
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