MARGATE, Fla. — Margate police spent hours investigating what appeared to be a deadly hit-and-run Thursday morning on Atlantic Boulevard, just east of State Road 7 near the Lakewood shopping center.
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Video taken at the scene shows multiple Margate police units lined up along Atlantic Boulevard as detectives investigated what occurred.
A portion of the roadway was shut down for several hours while officers gathered evidence and documented what happened.
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Another video shows the medical examiner removing the victim’s body from the scene before the road was reopened.
“My heart goes out to him. But like I said, long story short, it’s a busy highway,” one man who frequents the area said.
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No other details about the crash were immediately released by police.
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