Just before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies in Pompano Beach responded to a crash near the 3000 block of Copans Road. The preliminary investigation revealed Jacques Malik Mayfield was driving a white Audi Q7 traveling westbound on West Copans Road, just west of Blount Road. At the same time, the operator of a Volpam electric scooter was traveling westbound just east of the bicycle lane on West Copans Road. According to BSO’s Traffic Homicide detectives, the Audi entered the path of the scooter causing the two vehicles to crash and the scooter operator to slam into the windshield of the car. The operator was thrown in a southwesterly direction before coming to a rest on the roadway.
Detectives said Mayfield continued driving west until the 3600 block when he and passengers in the Audi stopped the vehicle and fled on foot. With the assistance of the Coconut Creek Police Department, Mayfield and one of his passengers were located attempting to enter an Uber. They were swiftly detained.
The scooter operator was pronounced deceased on scene. Mayfield was transported to the BSO Main Jail and faces charges that include failure to remain at an accident involving death, driving without a license causing death and felony probation violation.
The investigation continues.
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