Missing AirPod helps investigators find hit-and-run driver in Florida – NBC 6 South Florida

A missing AirPod helped Florida investigators track down a hit-and-run suspect who hit a 15-year-old on a bicycle in Martin County.

Lachlan Nichol was riding his bike Wednesday in Jensen Beach when an SUV hit him, according to the Martin County Sheriff's Office. The impact of the crash caused Nichol to hit the passenger window and one of the teen's AirPods fell inside the SUV and became lodged under a floor mat.

Investigators were able to track the earpiece to a specific address, where they discovered someone had tried to hide the silver Santa Fe involved in the crash behind the house.

The owner, Peter Swing, 49, admitted to police that he was the one involved in the accident and did not stop because he had already served time in prison for drug charges and he had panicked.

Swing was immediately placed under arrest and taken to the county jail.

“I think the family will definitely feel some justice, but we can't undo what happened and I think the real issue here is that he left an unconscious child in a dark parking lot and drove off ” said Martin County Sheriff William. Snyder.

Family members said Nichols has since been released from the hospital and is now home resting and recovering.

Snyder said the crash was an accident and if the suspect had remained at the scene, he would have only received a ticket.

Swing faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony charge.