According to the authorities, a student at Florida State University was killed after she was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident that occurred on Monday evening close to the campus of the university. According to the information provided by Florida State University on Tuesday morning, the victim was named as Elizabeth “Ellie” Sims, a sophomore from Franklin, Tennessee who was twenty years old and a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. President Richard McCullough of Florida State University made the statement.
The Tallahassee Police Department said that 18-year-old Willis Trueblood Jr. was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, which is a first-degree felony that can result in a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. This news came shortly after the university published its statement.
There is preliminary evidence that Sims was using the crossing, which was received from witnesses who were present at the scene. People who commented on a Facebook page that was created for the parents of Florida State University students reported that their children had seen the collision and described it as a hit-and-run. After the collision, the driver allegedly sped away from the scene of the accident while traveling at a fast rate of speed.
According to a representative for the police department, the Real Time Crime Center gave law enforcement with information about the vehicle that was involved in the collision, which assisted in the identification of Trueblood within two hours after the collision. In the southwest part of Tallahassee, the police located both him and the vehicle. On Monday evening, the news of the disaster quickly shook the community that was present on campus.