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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A manis accused of fleeing a hit-and-run only to be involved in another traffic crash later at a parent pickup line.
According to the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD), the minor crash occurred at 3:16 p.m. at the St. Lucie West K-8 parent pickup line.The caller told officers that the driver, identified as Brian Hicks, seemed drunk as he tried to flee the scene.
PSLPD says a School Resource Deputy with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office was able to stop Hicks and detain him.
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Further investigation into Hicks found that before the crash at the school, he had fled a hit-and-run crash on SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard and SW Gatlin Boulevard.
Hicks was booked on counts of DUI with damage to the property of another, a DUI, a DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 or higher, driving with a suspended license and driving while the license is revoked.
