After about an hour-long search, a man was arrested Saturday morning after he was involved in a hit-and-run crash along State Road 417 and ran away from the scene. He was tracked down after he left his wallet in the car he abandoned, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Russell Lamar Roberts, 25, was charged with driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of a crash.
Accord to troopers, a driver, later identified Roberts, was driving southbound on northbound State Road 417 in the area of Trevarthon Road, in Orange County.
Just before 9 a.m., Roberts' black Chevrolet crashed into a white Mazda.
Roberts exited his vehicle and ran from the scene, troopers said. Witnesses in the area attempted to stop Roberts, but he reportedly jumped over a fence and proceeded to run away from the crash scene.
As troopers investigated the crash, they noticed Roberts' wallet was left inside the vehicle. Roberts' driver's license was inside the wallet, a report states.
The man was later located in Orlando by an Orange County Sheriff's Office deputy "on the floor and lying in his own blood," a report states.
Roberts was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for his injuries, where he was questioned by troopers.
According to the report, Roberts couldn't recall the accident but stated "he might have fallen asleep behind the wheel."
Roberts said he couldn't recall why or how he was involved in the crash or why he left the scene.
Roberts was medically released and then taken to the Orange County Jail.
Sgt. Kim Montes, of the Florida Highway Patrol, said the arresting trooper asked for Roberts to me medically re-evaluated.
"The trooper does not suspect drugs or alcohol and does not know why the driver was traveling in the wrong direction," Montes said.