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Hit & run driver sought in Boynton Beach

Posted at 12:09 PM, Mar 20, 2018
and last updated 2018-03-21 12:30:40-04

A motorcyclist is recovering after a Chevrolet Trailblazer struck him and kept going, according to Boynton Beach police.

The collision happened at 11:20 p.m. Saturday.

James Winget, 33, of Delray Beach was in the 500 block of west Woolbright Rd. when the SUV hit him, police said.

He was ejected upon impact and transported as a trauma patient to a hospital where he was last listed in stable condition.

Police say they are looking for a green 2002-2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, possibly with a ladder strapped to its roof.

There could be damage to the front passenger’s side and part of the passenger’s side mirror is missing.

Police have released surveillance video of the SUV turning left onto Woolbright Road from Southwest 8th Street just before the crash.

If you have any information please call Boynton Beach Traffic Homicide Investigator Vincent Mastro at 561-742-6165 or Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at 800-458-TIPS.  

Story updated to clarify that police now say the hit and run happened at 11:20 p.m. not 1:20 p.m.