ORLANDO, Fla. – A man fleeing from Orlando police on Wednesday struck a pedestrian who died while the driver attempted to run away and hide, according to the Florida Highway Patrol and Orlando Police Department.
Dornell Bargnare, 30, of Orlando, faces charges of burglary of a dwelling and resisting officers without violence, records show. Additional charges are pending the FHP’s investigation into the hit-and-run crash.
The crash occurred around 7 p.m. at the intersection of Rio Grande Avenue and Indiana Street, troopers said.
According to an FHP crash report, Bargnare was driving southbound on Rio Grande Avenue in a blacked-out 2012 Nissan Altima — i.e., no headlights or taillights — running from an unmarked Orlando police Ford F-150 when he attempted to make a sharp left turn onto Indiana Street. The Nissan ran off the roadway to the right, striking the pedestrian and a utility pole, the report states.
The pedestrian, identified as a 56-year-old Orlando man, was also struck by a front tire of the Orlando police pickup when it traveled onto the south curbed shoulder of Indiana Street, according to FHP. He was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, troopers said.
According to Bargnare’s arrest affidavit, he took off running through a residential neighborhood and was eventually spotted via helicopter jumping fences to get away from K9 officers, soon breaking the back window of a property in the 1700 block of Grand Street and climbing inside.
Police contacted the property owners and confirmed they wanted to press charges, the affidavit states. Around 10 p.m., police used loudspeakers to direct Bargnare to comply, at which time he eventually surrendered through the front door, according to the document.
Neither Bargnare nor the 31-year-old Orlando man driving the pickup truck were injured in the crash, troopers said.
Bargnare is being held on no bond, such as an arresting officer requested pending the outcome of FHP’s investigation of the fatal crash.
Note: This map depicts the general area of this crash and not necessarily its exact location.
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