A man has been arrested after he allegedly fled the scene of a crash involving a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy in Pompano Beach.
BSO officials said the crash involving a deputy in their patrol vehicle and one other car had shut down traffic in all directions at West Atlantic Boulevard and Northwest 27th Avenue at around 5:41 a.m. Monday.
Oscar Enrique Soliz-Rodriguez, 25, was the other driver, according to jail records.
Authorities said after the crash, the deputy was taken to the hospital and treated for injuries that are not expected to be life-threatening.
Soliz-Rodriguez left the scene, but “was eventually located and arrested” for leaving the scene of an accident, BSO said.
He is charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid license and failing to stop/remain at the scene of an accident involving non-serious injury.
Video of the scene showed the patrol vehicle stopped diagonally in the roadway. Its front bumper is hanging off, and underneath the vehicle, there’s a substance resembling sawdust typically used to absorb oil spills.
Nearby, a red pickup truck with airbags deployed is stopped partly on the sidewalk and surrounded by smashed glass and debris.
The sheriff’s office at the time asked the public to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.
Information on what caused the crash was not immediately available.
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