Description
Plant City police have arrested a driver they say is responsible for killing a 60-year-old man in a hit-and-run crash Friday evening.
At around 6:35 p.m., Robert "Scotty" Cook was riding a bike westbound on Jim Johnson Road in the area of Jap Tucker Road when a pickup truck crashed into him from behind, the police department said in a news release.
Officers said the person in the pickup truck, later identified as 39-year-old Thomas Barnard, kept on driving after hitting Cook and did not stop to help him. A witness also said Barnard crashed his truck into a pole near Hillsborough County Fire Station 25 on East Trapnell Road.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/man-killed-plant-city-hit-and-run/67-056a423b-5599-4545-9c04-9484a7dcaf91
►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube
►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/
►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay
►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay