BSO deputies among those hospitalized after hit-and-run crash in Lauderdale Lakes

Allan Gregory Da Costa, 49, taken into custody

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – Three people were injured in a hit-and-run crash that happened late Saturday night in Broward County.

Two of those injured were deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

On Sunday evening, police took into custody 49-year-old Allan Gregory Da Costa. He faces three counts of leaving the scene of a crash involving injury and three counts of leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage.

Authorities said he was also driving with a license that was suspended in 2010.

Allan Gregory Da Costa, 49, faces chares in a hit-and-run crash that injured three people. (Broward Sheriff's Office)

The three-vehicle crash happened at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday near Northwest 31st Avenue and 26th Street in Lauderdale Lakes.

According to BSO, a red GMC pickup truck ran a red light, hitting a marked BSO car with two deputies inside, and also hitting another car.

When responding deputies got to Northwest 31st Avenue and 26th Street, Da Costa was nowhere to be found.

The deputies and one other person were rushed to the hospital while evidence was being gathered at the crash site.

BSO said Sunday afternoon that both deputies, as well as the civilian driver, had been released from the hospital and were recovering from their injuries.

Da Costa appeared in court Monday and was ordered to surrender his Jamaican passport. If he posts bail, he cannot leave the tri-county area and will have to wear a GPS monitor.

Records show he had been previously cited multiple times for careless driving and driving with a suspended license.


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Bridgette Matter joined the Local 10 News team as a reporter in July 2021. Before moving to South Florida, she began her career in South Bend, Indiana and spent six years in Jacksonville as a reporter and weekend anchor.

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