Two surveyors from Volusia County struck and killed by hit-and-run semi on I-95 in Brevard
A 22-year-old Enterprise man and a 41-year-old Deltona man died in the crash, which happened about 9:50 a.m. at mile marker 172 southbound on Interstate 95, the FHP stated.
The semi's driver, Hassan Abdirahman Sheikh Ali, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested and charged with two counts of hit and run involving death.
The men were walking along the right grassy shoulder when they were hit by the southbound 2021 Freightliner Cascadia driven by Sheikh Ali. The semi struck a Dodge pickup parked on the shoulder before killing the two men.
They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Sheik Ali fled the scene. A passenger in the pickup was not injured and remained at the scene, the FHP stated. Troopers caught up with the semi southbound on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County at mile marker 45.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: 2 Volusia men killed when struck by hit-and-run semi on 95, FHP says
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