{"id":46106,"date":"2020-03-06T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T20:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=46106"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:41:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T20:41:21","slug":"hit-and-run-driver-sought-in-lehigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/03\/hit-and-run-driver-sought-in-lehigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit and run driver sought in Lehigh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is asking for the public&#8217;s help tracking down the driver responsible for a hit and run crash in Lehigh Acres last night.\u00a0Shortly after 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, the driver of a dark-colored SUV ran the\u00a0stop sign at Sunniland Blvd. and W. 12th Street, striking the side of a vehicle that just entered the intersection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hit-and-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15300\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than remain at the scene, as required by law, the driver chose to flee.\u00a0 Witnesses saw the vehicle head towards Gunnery Road, however, it is unknown where the driver went from there.\u00a0 The suspect vehicle may have been a Dodge, and likely sustained front end damage.\u00a0 The victim in the crash sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information on the identity of the driver or the whereabouts of the vehicle involved is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).\u00a0 All callers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000.\u00a0 Tips may also be made online at www.southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com or by submitting a tip on the P3Tips mobile app.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is asking for the public&#8217;s help tracking down the driver responsible for a hit and run crash in Lehigh Acres last night.\u00a0Shortly after 10 p.m. on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}