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Former Fla. officer stops fleeing hit-and-run driver

By: Patricio Balona, The News-Journal

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — An Ormond Beach resident said he ran a hit-and-run driver off the road Monday afternoon by cutting in front of the vehicle, stopping it from fleeing a crash scene that left one person critically injured.

Reached by telephone the resident, who said he was a former police officer, did not want to give details of the incident. He did say the crash is under investigation. He asked that his name not be used.

Authorities said this Ormond Beach resident in his truck forced a hit-and-run driver fleeing the scene of a crash Monday with critical injuries off the road and stopped him. [News-Journal/Patricio G. Balona]
“I don’t want the glory,” he said. “I feel for the victims of the crash, that’s how I feel about it.”

 

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/police-heroes/articles/483969006-Former-Fla-officer-stops-fleeing-hit-and-run-driver/