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Police: Man fled from crash, found swimming in Boca Raton canal

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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a man who fled a traffic crash and was the target of a search was found swimming across a canal in Florida.

 

News outlets report the man crashed into a woman's parked Ford Flex in Boca Raton on Tuesday around 8 a.m.

 

Boca Raton police spokeswoman Jessica Desir says the man begged the woman not to call the police and ran away when the woman called anyway.

 

According to a police report, authorities later found the man swimming across the canal.

 

He was arrested shortly afterward. It's unclear what the man was charged with or if he has a lawyer.