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Good Samaritan James Michael Ledford, 34, was tragically killed as a result of a hit- and- run automobile / pedestrian accident. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), Ledford was riding in a pickup truck on State Road 415, south of Osteen when a motorcycle crossed the centerline and crashed into his vehicle. After the initial crash, Ledford quickly got out of his vehicle to check on the motorcyclist trapped under the truck, who later died. Ledford was then struck by a fast approaching vehicle that swerved to miss the truck but hit him instead. The driver of the vehicle did not stop, and left Ledford behind with severe injuries.
Ledford knew he was severely injured but managed to call his mother, Bernice Mims, and tell her that he had been run over. The man’s sister, Aleeca Ledford, said the call was gut- wrenching. Ledford sadly died at Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford. His father was also killed in a motorcycle accident years ago in Indiana.
The (FHP) said they have no information about the vehicle that hit Ledford. Sergeant Kim Montes of the FHP said that often pieces of a hit-and-run vehicle are found at the scene, but in this case there was nothing. This is likely because Ledford was low in the roadway when he was struck, according to Montes. She said that their best hope in solving the hit-and-run is for a passenger in the fleeing vehicle to come forward with information. For more on this topic, see who ran over, killed Sanford man helping dying biker?
Florida Statute 316.027 requires that the driver of any vehicle involved in a crash that results in injury or death of a person must immediately stop the vehicle at the scene or as close as possible. Any person who willfully violates this statute can be subject to a felony in the first degree for an accident resulting in death, and a felony in the third degree for an accident resulting in injuries.