JENSEN BEACH — Florida Highway Patrol investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a hit-and-run vehicle involved in a fatal, early morning Jan. 31 crash, the FHP stated in a Wednesday release.

James Dennis Coutu, 43, was riding a motorcycle north about 2:15 a.m. on U.S. 1 south of Jensen Beach Boulevard. Coutu’s Kawasaki motorcycle struck the back of a vehicle traveling ahead of him, and he was thrown from the motorcycle.

A dark colored sedan hit Coutu, of Port St. Lucie, as he was in the roadway before the sedan turned east on Jensen Beach Boulevard.

A white van passed through the scene seconds later.

FHP investigators ask that anyone with information about the hit-and-run vehicle and witnesses to the crash to call Corporal P.J. Wyatt at (772) 468-3967 ext. 216 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at (800) 273-TIPS.

Tags: crash, death, Florida Highway Patrol, Traffic

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