Five Injured In Century Highway 29 Hit And Run Crash

February 2, 2025

UPDATE: The Florida Highway Patrol says there has been an arrest in this crash, but the suspect’s name was not immediately available.

Five people, including children, were injured in a hit and run crash Saturday night in Century.

The crash happened just before 8 p.m. on Highway 29 near the southern town limits.

The driver of a northbound pickup truck had slowed to make a right-hand turn onto Salter’s Lake Road. That’s when a northbound SUV approached at a high rate of speed and struck the pickup truck, according to troopers. The pickup truck overturned, coming to rest off the roadway just north of Salter’s Lake Road.  The SUV rotated into the paved median of Highway 29.

According to witnesses, the driver of the SUV fled on foot, and someone later returned to the SUV in a white pickup truck, removed items from the vehicle and left before law enforcement arrived. Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies in the area were unable to locate the driver.

The occupants of the pickup were transported by Escambia County EMS to an area hospital with injuries that were not considered to be life threatening.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Florida Highway Patrol at *FHP or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.

The Century and McDavid stations of Escambia County Rescue also responded.

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Comments

2 Responses to “Five Injured In Century Highway 29 Hit And Run Crash”

  1. Adsup on February 2nd, 2025 12:59 pm

    Whoever was driving the SUV possibly lived close by since they ran & came back & cleaned out what they had in the SUV. Drugs, paraphernalia, illegal weapons,etc??
    I’m glad to see that no one in the pick up was seriously hurt, it surely could have been worse.

  2. Susie on February 2nd, 2025 10:35 am

    The person(s) who did this will pay for their crimes one way or the other. God is watching. These kind of people are pathetic.
    Blessings to the victims and prayers for recovery.





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