Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Oakland Park District have arrested a North Lauderdale woman for a hit-and-run crash involving a 2-year-old child.  

The crash occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug 11, near the intersection of Northwest 43rd Street and Northwest Fifth Avenue in Oakland Park. BSO Oakland Park deputies and Oakland Park Fire Rescue personnel responded and located the toddler who was hit by a vehicle. Paramedics transported the child to a nearby hospital with injuries listed as not life-threatening.

Through investigative methods, detectives were able to obtain two surveillance videos of the suspect’s vehicle, which were released to the public. Following media broadcast of the surveillance videos, detectives said they received numerous public tips, which positively identified the driver as Kimberly Mathis.

On Thursday, Aug 17, Mathis was arrested at her home in North Lauderdale and taken to BSO’s Main Jail. She faces a charge of failing to stop/remain at an accident involving injury. 

INVESTIGATORS:
Det. S. Campbell, Oakland Park Traffic Unit
Sgt. M. Goodnow, Oakland Park

THIS REPORT BY:
Gerdy St. Louis/PIO
8/17/22 1650

Sgt. R. Frey, Oakland Park