SARASOTA, Fla. (WSVN) — Florida Highway Patrol officials arrested a man suspected of being the driver behind the wheel of a startling hit-and-run crash caught on camera in Sarasota. Hotel cameras caught the crash on Thursday morning when a van hit a black car, causing the car to flip multiple times into a nearby parking lot. Twenty-four-year-old Zachary Brock was taken into custody on Saturday night, while the driver he allegedly hit, 19-year-old Jackson Kelley, was left with serious injuries. The father of Kelley said his son has a traumatic brain injury and his life has been changed forever. Kelley was driving to class at State College of Florida when the crash occurred. His father said people from all over the nation have reached out to the family after hearing about the crash.<doc-sep>The Florida Highway Patrol is seeking the driver seen on horrific video grazing a car while making a left turn on Thursday morning, causing it to lose control and flipping multiple times across a Sarasota motel parking lot. The driver of the 2018 Audi that was struck, 19-year-old Jackson Maxwell Kelley of Bradenton, is in critical condition. Police searching for van driver in hit-and-run rollover crash Authorities in Florida are looking for the driver of a van involved in a hit-and-run rollover crash that left a 19-year-old man in critical condition. https://abcn.ws/2TnFQ6O Posted by ABC News on Thursday, February 28, 2019 The video shows the unknown driver of a 2003 Kia Sedona minivan stopped southbound in the left turn lane on U.S. 41 around 7:45 a.m. and waiting to turn left into a RaceTrac gas station parking lot as Kelley was headed northbound. The video shows Kelley bearing left to avoid the minivan, but was struck on the rear driver’s side, propelling it in to the parking lot of Lantern Inn & Suites, 7251 14th St. W. The impact caused the Audi to rotate and overturn several times while careening through the parking lot as the driver of the minivan made a U-turn and drove away. The video shows two views from hotel surveillance video -- one showing the initial impact, and another from above a swimming pool that shows the Audi continuing to overturn before striking a concrete wall and coming to rest on its hood. Kelley was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for treatment of critical injuries. The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for the Sedona, which has right front-end damage. Anyone with information is asked to call FHP at (941) 751-8350 or submit a tip through the CrimeStoppers website.<doc-sep>Crime & Safety Bradenton Man Believed To Be Hit-And-Run Driver In Horrific Crash WATCH: Florida state troopers have made an arrest in a horrific hit-and-run crash that sent an Audi rolling across a hotel parking lot. Reply Zachari Brock of Bradenton is the suspected hit-and-run driver of Thursday's horrific crash. (Via Manatee County Sheriff's Office) BRADENTON, FL -- Following what Florida Highway Patrol described as an "exhaustive criminal investigation," troopers on Saturday announced the arrest of the suspected hit-and-run driver who is believed to be responsible for Thursday's horrific Manatee County crash that sent an Audi rolling across a hotel parking lot and left its 19-year-old driver fighting for his life. "The Florida Highway Patrol has identified Zachari Brock of Bradenton as the hit-and-run driver," Lt. Gregory S. Bueno of Florida Highway Patrol told Patch Saturday night. He has been placed under arrest for leaving the scene of a crash involving serious injury ... and driving with no valid license involving a serious injury." Troopers confirmed a break in the case Friday night when they impounded the suspected hit-and run-vehicle, a 2003 Kia Sorrento. FHP had earlier asked for the public's help in finding the Kia that was believed to have suffered front-end damage during the early morning crash that also caused damage to two parked cars as the driver could be seen callously speeding away on surveillance video. WTSP TV obtained surveillance video of the crash below: Jackson Maxwell Kelly, who played high school basketball and is now a college student, was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital after his 2018 A3 landed on its roof in the parking lot of Lantern Inn Suites, 7251 14th Street West, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Kelly's father told "Inside Edition" that he believed someone in the community could identify the driver. "He is fighting hard," Kelly's father said of his son on Friday. "He is showing improvements." The incident happened at 7:45 a.m. Thursday as the Kia Sedona was attempting to make a left turn into the Race Trac gas station at 7259 14th Street West.<doc-sep>
The driver who caused a horrific hit-and-run in Sarasota that sent a car tumbling through a parking lot and left its 19-year-old driver in critical condition has been identified, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Zachari Brock, 24, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a serious injury and driving with no valid driver's license involving a serious injury, authorities said. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, authorities impounded the vehicle that Brock was driving, a 2003 Kia Sorrento that was seen on video grazing a car while making a left turn on Thursday morning before driving away. The video shows Brock stopped southbound in the left turn lane on U.S. 41 around 7:45 a.m. and waiting to turn left into a RaceTrac gas station parking lot as Jackson Maxwell Kelley, of Bradenton, was headed northbound in a 2018 Audi. The video shows Kelley bearing left to avoid the minivan, but was struck on the rear driver's side, propelling it into the parking lot of Lantern Inn & Suites, 7251 14th St. W. The impact caused the Audi to rotate and overturn several times while careening through the parking lot as the driver of the minivan made a U-turn and drove away. The video shows two views from hotel surveillance video — one showing the initial impact, and another from above a swimming pool that shows the Audi continuing to overturn before striking a concrete wall and coming to rest on its hood. Kelley is listed in critical condition at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Contact Carl Lisciandrello at clisciandrello@tampabay.com. Follow @carlmarks Times