Broward County

A fatal hit-and-run crash left a Mercedes without an emblem. Cops want driver of the Benz found

Plantation police are asking for help in finding the driver of a Mercedes that is missing a front emblem. They may be involved in the death of a man in a hit-and-run crash.
Plantation police are asking for help in finding the driver of a Mercedes that is missing a front emblem. They may be involved in the death of a man in a hit-and-run crash. ARCHIVO DEL MIAMI HERALD

Plantation police are looking for the suspect in a more than week-old hit and run that killed a 33-year-old Lauderhill man.

Around 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 13th, David Robinson, 33, was hit by a car and killed in the 500 block of North State Rd. 7, police say. The driver has not been identified, but they drove off from the crash toward the City of Lauderhill.

The car was a dark-colored, late model Mercedes-Benz GLA SUV. In the crash, the car sustained front end damage and lost the front Mercedes emblem.

Police are asking anyone with information about the crash to call the Plantation Police Department Traffic Homicide Unit at 954-797-2100.

Anonymous tips can also be left with Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477, 1 866-493-8477 or www.browardcrimestoppers.org

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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