The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck a Kissimmee man who had jumped from the Osceola Parkway Overpass onto Florida’s Turnpike.
According to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, they notified troopers around 11:30 p.m. Friday night that a man was sitting on the overpass bridge of Osceola Parkway above the Florida Turnpike. The man jumped from the bridge, landing on the Turnpike’s outside southbound lane.
An unknown vehicle in the outside southbound lane of the Turnpike then struck the man and continued driving, according to the FHP crash report.
No further information about the vehicle or its driver has been provided at this time.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact FHP at 407-737-2213, or Crimeline at 800-423-8477 to remain anonymous.
The crash is still under investigation.
