Teen Baseball Star Flees Fatal Hit-and-Run

0:00It's April 22nd. You're listening to Tampa Bay News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. An 18-year-old former minor league baseball player named Jonathan Matsos Morales faces charges in a deadly hit-and-run on Interstate 75, South of State Road 64. Around 6.30 a.m., his dark Ford Mustang was weaving through lanes, clipped a Chevy Trailblazer and triggered a chain reaction that flipped A. Outed semi-truck. The truck driver, 34-year-old, Stauvin Albert Facy, died at the scene. Troopers say Morales briefly stopped after the crash, then sped off Southbound. He was heading from his girlfriend's place in Wesley Chapel, back to Braze practice, running a bit late with light traffic at first, investigators pieced it together from damage on his car and highway video. Facy was a hard-working dad to four kids, leaving his family devastated. Morales later told Troopers he panicked, steered right to avoid a break-checking car ahead,

1:01spotted the semi-coming, and freaked out. He called his girlfriend right away about a minor tap on his ride, but didn't reach out to police. His own mom broke the news that the truck driver had passed. The Braze spotted the wreck Mustang in their compound, and tipped off Florida Highway Patrol, leading to his quicker rest on vehicular homicide, and leaving the scene. Morales posted $200,000 bond, and walked out of Manatee County, jail. The trailblazer driver had just minor injuries, but this crash shut down lanes and serves as a stark reminder to stay sharp behind the wheel, especially early mornings.