Former moving company employee arrested nearly 1 year after deadly hit-and-run
A former moving company employee faces charges after the Florida Highway Patrol arrested him, linked to a fatal 2023 hit-and-run.
Ke’shaun Ro’myah Griffin, 18, faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving death. The company said in a statement he was terminated following the crash.
Just before 9 p.m. July 29, 2023, state troopers responded to a fatal traffic crash on U.S. 41 and Jamaica Bay Boulevard, in Fort Myers.
Troopers said the victim, a pedestrian, was attempting to cross the southbound lanes of U.S. 41.
Troopers said the moving truck, traveling south on U.S. 41, struck the pedestrian and fled. The pedestrian, a 56-year-old Fort Myers man, died on scene.
That same night, troopers said, the Florida Highway Patrol Traffic Homicide Division found and impounded the suspected hit-and-run vehicle, a 2006 GMC Eagle Moving box truck.
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Eagle Moving has been operating in Southwest Florida since 2014, according to their Instagram page.
Troopers arrested Griffin on Wednesday. His arraignment date and bond information weren't available Wednesday afternoon.
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