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Driver in custody after man in wheelchair struck and killed

Posted at 4:18 PM, May 31, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-01 08:23:35-04

A driver is in custody after a man in a wheelchair was struck and killed trying to cross a street in Fort Pierce.

Harold Alexander, 57, was going through the intersection of Avenue D and 29th Street just before 11 Tuesday night when he was hit.

 

According to police, a witness told them the driver got out of his car after the collision, looked at the victim, yelled something, then drove off.

That driver, 24-year-old Joseph Smith Jr., was found a few minutes later and arrested.

He's facing a charge of hit and run fail to stop, remain at a crash involving death.

His bond was set at $30,000.