PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a Southport woman on hit-and-run charges, Panama City Police announced Tuesday.
Police arrested Christina N. Smith, 25.
Monday at about 5:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to Winn Dixie, located at 3157 West 23rd Street, in reference to a hit-and-run traffic crash. Witnesses at the scene told officers that a white female, driving a gold mini-van had struck two other vehicles in the parking lot. When the witness confronted the driver about the crash she drove off. The witnesses were able to give officers a vehicle tag number and described the female driver.
At 7:30 p.m., the Panama City Police Department received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the 1800 block of Mound Avenue. When officers arrived they discovered the gold mini-van and the female driver, identified as Smith. Smith told officers that she knew they were looking for her because she hit a car at Winn Dixie. Smith did not have a driver’s license and was subsequently arrested for operating a motor vehicle without a license and leaving the scene of a crash with unattended property damage.