Injured teens missing earbud leads to arrest of suspected hit-and-run driver WFTV [Video]

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. — An injured teen’s missing earbud led deputies to a South Florida man accused in a hit-and-run accident earlier this week, authorities.

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According to a news release posted by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office to its Facebook page on Friday, Peter Bradford Swing, 49, of Jensen Beach, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a crash with great bodily injury.

The sheriff’s office said that a 15-year-old boy was riding a bicycle on Northeast Savannah Road near a convenience store on Wednesday night when he was hit by what was described as a silver Hyundai Santa Fe SUV, Treasure Coast Newspapers reported.

According to the sheriff’s office, the teen was wearing earbuds when he was struck by the vehicle, the newspaper reported. One of the earbuds “flew into the driver’s SUV upon impact and lodged under a floor mat inside the vehicle,” the sheriff’s office said.

The earbud allowed …