Troopers: Holiday Hit-And-Run Driver May Have Been in a Red BMW

A 49-year-old Spring Hill man is dead following a hit-and-run on U.S. 19 and Mile Stretch Drive Wednesday morning.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a vehicle was driving southbound on U.S. 19 around 1:20 a.m. when the crash happened. The pedestrian was walking west across U.S. 19 south of Mile Stretch Drive. The pedestrian, a highway patrol report says, walked into the path of the vehicle.

That vehicle’s driver fled the scene.

The pedestrian, Gary Alan Hetman, died at the crash site.

After combing the area, Troopers found an outside mirror that belongs to a red BMW. They say it could be part of the suspect vehicle.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the highway patrol at 813-631-4020.

Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol