Man, 19, Critically Injured In Hit-And-Run

BRADENTON, FL — As the Florida Highway Patrol investigates a Sunday night hit-and-run crash that left a 19-year-old Bradenton man critically injured, troopers are asking for help identifying the motorist involved.

According to the patrol, an unknown vehicle was heading south on 12th Street East just before 9 p.m. Sept. 24. As the vehicle approached a driveway in the 5900 block, troopers say its left mirror struck pedestrian Johnnie Schoolfield in the head.

The impact thrust Schoolfield into a nearby ditch, a patrol report said. The vehicle’s driver did not stop, troopers say. (For more local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Bradenton Patch. Click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Schoolfield was taken to a local hospital after the crash with injuries that are described as critical.

Anyone with information about the crash or the driver involved is asked to call the patrol at 941-751-8350 or Crime Stoppers at 800-780-TIPS.

Further information is not yet available.

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Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol