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February is Hit-and-Run Awareness Month, and a new awareness campaign in Florida is focusing on reducing the number of fatalities in such crashes.
Hit-and-run fatalities in Florida increased by more than 18% in 2020, even as total hit-and-runs decreased by 13% compared to the previous year.
“[The year] 2020 revealed that we had 91,000 hit-and-run crashes which basically says in Florida, 91,000 people leave the scene of a crash,” said Lt. Jason King with the Florida Highway Patrol’s Troop-A. “Two hundred-fifty-four fatalities and 921 serious bodily injuries.”
King adds it’s not just those driving cars and trucks, the less protection around you, the more vulnerable you are.