Driver in hit-and-run crash that killed teen arrested in Arkansas

OSPREY, Fla. (WWSB) – The Florida Freeway Patrol has reported that David Chang, the motive force concerned within the hit-and-run crash that killed a Pine View pupil, has been caught in Arkansas.

Chang was arrested with the assistance of Arkansas State Police and Jacksonville police within the Jacksonville space.

David Chang might be extradited again to Florida within the coming days

That is an ongoing story, extra particulars to return.

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Lilly was hit by a driver on Aug. 15 as she rode her bike house from faculty, Florida Freeway Patrol says.

Sadly, Lilly has handed as she was being handled at Johns Hopkins All Kids’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. She suffered a traumatic mind harm.

The household has requested to not publish Lilly’s final title to guard her privateness. She was a pupil at Pine View College.

Florida Freeway Patrol investigators say she was driving her bike inside a crosswalk marked with flashing yellow lights and yellow signage alongside East Bay Avenue. The motive force fled the scene with out providing assist.

The subsequent day, David Chang was arrested at his house — close to the spot the place the lady was hit — after a supply despatched photographs of Chang’s broken automotive to troopers. In accordance with court docket paperwork, Chang advised troopers he drove his automotive to a restore store in Tampa, telling them a tree had fallen on it.

He’s bonded out of jail, however is dealing with fees together with leaving the scene of a crash inflicting severe bodily harm, leaving the scene of a crash inflicting property harm and tampering with proof.

Emotions of gratitude for group members who’ve stepped ahead to donate tens of 1000’s of {dollars} to assist her daughter’s recuperate is being marred with different highly effective feelings aimed on the man accused of placing Lilly within the hospital.

Pine View instructor Scott Wolfinger who teaches historical past, began a petition to make the intersection the place Lilly was hit, safer. To date the transfer has garnered over 1,500 signatures.

Earlier than Lilly’s premature loss of life her mom wrote in a submit, “I’m fighting emotions of anger at this horrible man who’s strolling round our group whereas Lilly is preventing for her life,” Lilly’s mother wrote. “The overwhelming feeling of unfairness is available in waves.”

If you want to donate to Lilly’s GoFundMe, you are able to do so by clicking this hyperlink. Any cash left over from her medical bills might be donated to All Kids’s Hospital.

Chang is scheduled to be arraigned in Sarasota County Courtroom on Sept. 30.

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