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Suspected driver in St. Pete hit-and-run arrested in Tennessee

Published February 18, 2020 1:04pm EST

St. Petersburg

FOX 13 News

Raw: Hit-and-run crash scene

St Pete police say an older model faded red Honda or Hyundai can be seen in this surveillance video leaving the scene of the crash.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Police in St. Pete say they’ve arrested the driver in a hit-and-run crash that left a motorcyclist dead earlier this month.

Brendan Markeith Hawkins died back on February 8 when he collided with a car that made a left turn in front of his motorcycle on 5th Avenue S.

The car, seen only in grainy surveillance video, left the scene of the crash. Police later identified the vehicle as a red Hyundai or Honda.

Now, police say they tracked the car down to the Memphis, Tennessee area. They identified Keith Eric White Jr. as the driver; he was taken into custody by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office on Sunday.