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Escambia Deputy Victim Of A Hit And Run Driver
November 27, 2014
An Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy was the victim of a hit and run late Wednesday night on Highway 95A.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Deputy John Saltarelli was in a marked Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Chevrolet Tahoe parked on Highway 95A facing north on the west shoulder about 11:17 p.m. The vehicle’s headlights and running lights were activated while parked.
An unidentified white van traveling south on Highway 95A collided with the right side of the the deputy’s vehicle. The white van left the scene of the collision traveling south and has yet to be located by law enforcement.
Anyone with information on the accident should call Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
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6 Responses to “Escambia Deputy Victim Of A Hit And Run Driver”
News flash Mr Reality….Deputies are no longer allowed to chase in Escambia County. Hope he is ok…
In response to Mr Reality,
What would you have the deputy do? Chase him? That would be a violation of ECSO policy. He had no choice but to watch the bad guy drive away. Hard to believe, ain’t it?
so the deputy just watched the van drive away?
I must have had too much to drink. I thought I hit a road sign or something small but not a cop car. I’m lucky I made it home with that much damage.
Hope the Deputy is okay.
Any note on his condition?
Another hit and run….seems to be increasing here lately.
Help me understand this better. It sounds like the law enforcement vehicle’s lights would have appeared to be on the wrong side or the road to the other driver, and in their eyes. This would have confused me, and I probably would have tried to go to the right of the headlights, and ended up in the ditch.