Update: Fort Pierce police say they have a person of interest in a hit-and-run case that left a 10-year old girl dead. FPPD also says they have located the offending vehicle.
JUST CONFIRMED | VEHICLE LOCATED IN FATAL SCHOOL BUS STOP HIT AND RUN
On September 23, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the Fort Pierce Police Department located the vehicle involved in the fatal hit and run of 10-year-old Yaceny Rodriguez-Gonzalez. @CBS12 pic.twitter.com/xjbU3ZKIkQ
— Denise Sawyer of CBS12 (@DeniseCBS12) September 24, 2021
Here are more photos of the vehicle believed to be involved in the hit-and-run crash at a Fort Pierce school bus stop. @CBS12 pic.twitter.com/NzsNUHrB28
— Denise Sawyer of CBS12 (@DeniseCBS12) September 24, 2021
Officials in Fort Pierce are currently searching for a driver who struck a young girl with their vehicle and fled the scene. The incident occurred around 6:35 a.m. near the intersection of Skylark Drive and Oleander Avenue.
Authorities say the 10-year-old identified as Jaceny Berenice Rodriguez-Gonzalez was walking to her bus when a person driving a white vehicle ignored the school bus stop arms and flashing lights and blew past the bus.
The driver then struck the child and continued down the road.
The child was taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in critical condition but has since died of her injuries.
Authorities are still searching for the driver.