Police are searching for a driver who they said fled on foot after a crash in Margate left a woman dead and another woman and a young child hospitalized.
The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Rock Island Road and Northwest 1st Street.
Margate Police officials said the driver of a BMW lost control, causing the car to go off the roadway and hit a tree.
Footage from the scene showed the mangled wreckage of the car up against the tree.
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The BMW's driver fled the scene on foot, police said.
Three other people were in the car at the time of the crash, including a 1-year-old and two women.
One of the women, 21-year-old Markya Kyana Hunt of Pompano Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The child and the other woman were both hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation and police are asking anyone who may have witnessed it to call them at 954-972-7111.
