The Ledger
HAINES CITY, Florida -- As Miguel Gonzalez was led in handcuffs from the Haines City Police Department after his arrest in the hit-and-run death of Officer Phoenix Braithwaite, he admitted he was scared.
Speaking Spanish, Gonzalez, 43, said he fled the scene of the early Wednesday morning accident on U.S. 17-92 near the Polk and Osceola County line because he didn't have his driver license.
Gonzalez was driving a van northbound in the southbound lane, passing a semitrailer and a cement truck, when he struck head-on the motorcycle Braithwaite, 24, was driving. Braithwaite was thrown into the northbound lane and was run over by the two trucks. He was wearing a helmet.
Posted by tyne at August 3, 2006