DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are searching for the driver who struck a family’s car in Deerfield Beach early Wednesday morning and then fled the scene.
The back of the victims’ vehicle was left completely mangled after the hit-and-run crash that occurred shortly before 1 a.m. at the intersection of South Dixie Highway and Southwest 10th Street.
Surveillance video shows what appears to be a Jeep fleeing the scene of the crash.
A Good Samaritan chases after the vehicle, but then apparently gives up, backs up and turns around to park at the crash scene.
The driver then runs out to help the injured victims.
“Through tragedy, you see people that always step up,” Domani Motor Cars managing partner Paul Alvarado said.
Surveillance video shows BSO deputies arriving at the scene five minutes later.
Authorities confirmed that a vehicle hit a gray Toyota Camry that was carrying a man, woman and a baby.
A black Bentley that belongs to the nearby dealership, Domani Motor Cars, got scraped when the Camry got pushed into it.
Authorities said the man and woman inside the Camry were taken to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, while the baby was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.
All suffered non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
“For a small child, an infant to be hurt, for those people just to drive away, is probably one of the most horrible things that anybody can do,” Alvarado said. “We hope the footage we provide will help the police department track these people down and bring them to justice.”
Detectives with BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit are investigating the incident.
At dawn, deputies used a drone to capture evidence at the scene. A flatbed later towed away the victims’ car.
Anyone with further information is asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.