MIAMI (WSVN) - A 19-year-old Tesla driver was arrested Tuesday and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after allegedly striking and killing a scooter rider last month, then fleeing on foot, according to an arrest affidavit.
According to the affidavit, the crash happened in the early morning hours of June 8 as Tyquane Ramses Hankerson was driving a black 2019 Tesla Model 3 north on NW 17th Avenue.
The victim was riding an electric stand-up scooter ahead of him in the same lane, the affidavit states.
The Tesla struck the victim and his scooter from behind, throwing him onto the windshield, where he became partially wedged until Hankerson braked, according to the affidavit. The victim then slid off the front of the Tesla onto the roadway.
