Two arrested in hit-and-run crash that killed construction worker in Broward, troopers say
A construction worker was struck and killed early Thursday in a hit-and-run on Interstate 95 in Broward County, troopers said. About 12 hours later, police arrested two people they say were involved in the crash.
Victor Ocampo, 32, and Natalia Mejia, 32, were arrested just after 4:10 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Ocampo has been charged with failing to give information and render aid, failing to stop/remain at a crash involving death, driving without a license causing death/serious injury with a vehicle and altering, destroying, concealing evidence. Mejia was charged with accessory after the fact.
The fatal hit-and-run happened just before 3 a.m. Thursday.
The 37-year-old man from Belle Glade was fixing a “Road Work Ahead” sign on the left shoulder of a northbound express lane on southbound I-95 just south of Sample Road when he was struck by a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The driver who hit him kept going.
Using the broken car parts at the scene, detectives were able to pinpoint the make and model of the car: a gray 2013 to 2016 Chevrolet Cruze.
Fort Lauderdale police got a call of a suspicious vehicle that matched the hit-and-run car at a Days Inn, at 1700 W Broward Blvd.
A witness and employee at the motel told police they say Ocampo get out of the driver’s side of the damaged Chevrolet Cruze and Mejia came out of the passenger side.
Ocampo did not have a valid driver’s license, troopers said. Ocampo and Mejia both denied being the driver when the crash happened, but did say they were both in the car. Ocampo did have broken glass on him and troopers only found glass on the driver’s side.
NBC 6 took video of the arrest of two people in connection to the crash.
This story was originally published June 3, 2021 at 8:27 AM.
