Friends mourn Pompano Beach hit-and-run victim

Deputies arrest 17-year-old driver in connection to crash

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a hit-and-run incident in Pompano Beach.

A tarp could be seen covering a man’s body on east Atlantic Boulevard for much of Saturday evening.

Beside the victim’s remains was a silver sedan.

Deputies roped off a parking lot next to the scene, and could be seen talking to people throughout the evening.

It wasn’t until Sunday afternoon when authorities announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male. Deputies said the teenager initially left the scene of the crash but returned and confessed to being the driver involved.

At a pizza shop near the crash, workers confirmed their coworker, a man in his mid-60s, was the person who was hit by a car around 7 p.m.

Kim McDorman said deputies asked her to confirm the man’s identity.

“From what I heard, he flew 40 feet,” said McDorman.

Workers are now mourning a beloved coworker, a man who lived nearby and enjoyed walking through the area.

“The last text I got from him said, ‘God put you in my life for a reason,’ ” said McDorman. “He was just a really sweet guy.”

Anyone with information should call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.


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Cody Weddle joined Local 10 News as a full-time reporter in South Florida in August of 2022. Before that, Cody worked regularly with Local 10 since January of 2017 as a foreign correspondent in Venezuela and Colombia.

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