Hollywood police arrest suspect in connection with 2025 fatal hit-and-run

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A man has been arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash that police say killed a pedestrian in Hollywood late last year.

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Traffic Homicide Detectives with the Hollywood Police Department said officers responded to the area of State Road 7 and Fletcher Street around 10:23 p.m. on Nov. 16, 2025, after a crash involving a pedestrian.

Investigators said they found the victim lying in the roadway with life-threatening injuries. The victim, who has not been identified, was taken by Hollywood Fire Rescue medics to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he later died.

According to detectives, an investigation spanning multiple jurisdictions determined Kelvin Larmont Taylor, 50, was driving southbound on State Road 7 when he allegedly struck the victim.

Authorities said Taylor did not stop, provide aid or notify law enforcement after the crash. Investigators said he fled the scene, leaving the victim in the roadway.

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Detectives said they used physical evidence, digital evidence, surveillance video and forensic findings to identify Taylor as the driver involved.

Jail records show Taylor was arrested on Thursday and faces one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death.

As of Tuesday, he was being held at the Joseph V. Conte Facility in Pompano Beach, where his bond was set at $125,000.

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