A 49-year-old girl was severed in half after being struck in a hit-and-run Sunday morning in Dade Metropolis, Florida.

The Florida Freeway Patrol mentioned that troopers responded at 3:30 a.m. to the crash the place the girl was struck by a driver as she walked alongside the grassy roadside of the 301 south of Desrosier Highway, the Tampa Bay Instances reported.

Police mentioned the motive force fled in a sedan, hit a visitors signal, and went again on the freeway for a short second earlier than veering off once more and working over the girl's physique which was severed in consequence.

Over an hour later, one other driver in a choose up truck ignored police orders to cease and drove into the crash scene at a excessive pace, working over the girl's physique, and almost hitting two deputy officers.

Woman Severed in Half During Hit-and-Run Accident
A 49-year-old Florida girl was severed in half after being struck in a hit-and-run Sunday morning. Getty Photographs

The Florida Freeway Patrol troopers and Pasco County deputies had been current on the hit-and-run scene.

The choose up truck driver, recognized by police as 23-year-old Andrew Thomas Krummen, did not cease, which prompted cops to go after him in a high-speed chase that lasted about 10 minutes earlier than catching him.

Police are nonetheless investigating the preliminary hit-and-run incident and trying to find the motive force who escaped, however arrested Krummen and detained him in Pasco County jail.

The 23-year-old was charged with aggravated assault with a motorcar upon a legislation enforcement officer, reckless driving, DUI, fleeing and eluding, destruction of proof and driving with a revoked license, in line with the Tampa Bay Instances.

He was additionally charged with false imprisonment of two passengers, a 33-year-old Brooksville man and 35-year-old Dade Metropolis girl, who had been with him within the car and tried to flag down law enforcement officials, in line with Fox 8.

One other hit-and-run incident occurred final month in Detroit, Illinois the place a driver was charged with homicide for driving over a 40-year-old girl. The motive force, 31-year-old Shedrica Odessa Smith, was additionally charged with one rely of assault with intent to homicide in reference to the hit-and-run.

In February, a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in New York State. The motive force did not cease after putting the sufferer who stayed on the car's windshield for two.4 miles, in line with the police.

Additionally in February, two 12-year-olds had been hit by two totally different automobiles whereas they had been sledding in Oklahoma. The incident left one boy useless and the opposite injured, in line with the police.

Newsweek reached out to the The Florida Freeway Patrol troopers and the Pasco Sheriff's workplace for feedback.