Update (Monday, 2:15 p.m.): Law enforcement found and arrested the van driver who hit and killed a 74-year-old Ft. McCoy motorcyclist on Saturday.
FHP, in collaboration with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Levy County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Corrections, identified and arrested Demetrio Moreno-Atlahua, 31, of Live Oak, who fled the scene of the collision.
Moreno-Atlahua was booked into the Levy County Jail on Sunday on charges of failing to remain at the crash involving a death and driving without a driver’s license. Four passengers in the van were also taken into custody.
Original story:
A van ran a stop sign and hit and killed a 74-year-old Ft. McCoy man riding a motorcycle on County Road 346A in Levy County Saturday evening.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, an unknown van driver traveling north on NW 10th Avenue at 6:20 p.m. when the driver failed to stop at a stop sign at an intersection and hit the Ft. McCoy man driving his motorcycle east on CR 346A.
Emergency responders pronounced the Ft. McCoy man dead on scene.
What were the driver and occupants immigration status
Yes, agree. Please, Main St. Daily News reporters, can you investigate that question? What was the immigration status of the driver of the van who had no driver’s license and killed this likely very experienced, cautious American motorcycle rider? And fled the scene without calling for help for the victim, leaving him to die on the side of the road? And what about this van driver’s 4 passengers who fled the scene of a fatal crash? Are they Americans, or illegal aliens? And can we hope for some follow-up on this story?
Like the HCA-North Florida Regional story, this is an important local story that deserves to be followed up on. I hope a Main St. Daily News reporter will do the investigative reporting that needs to be done.
all 5 illegals only the driver was charged he got 15 years 10 for fleeing and 5 for a non-moving violation driving without DL and causing a fatality
Many in our community want to know if the driver was an illegal migrant. So do I
yes he got 15 years
Does anyone know the name of the deceased man?