PALM BAY, FL, (May 02, 2025) - Two people were tragically killed on Friday in a hit-and-run accident with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Palm Bay.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the crash occurred at about 9:50 a.m. when a southbound Freightliner Cascadia operated by Hassan Abdirahman Sheikh Ali struck a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck parked on the right grassy shoulder. The Cascadia continued traveling on the grassy shoulder and struck the two surveyors, who were not identified.
The FHP said Ali, of Charlotte, N.C., fled the scene after the accident, he was arrested a few hours later on I-95. The incident remains under investigation.