NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 42-year-old Edgewater man found dead on the shoulder of the North Causeway early Saturday was the victim of a hit-and-run motorist, police said.
Police said an autopsy by the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office determined Glen Gagnon died as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle sometime before 12:44 a.m. Saturday when his crumpled body was found. The death is being treated as a hit-and-run traffic homicide.
Police are awaiting further lab results from the medical examiner in hopes of matching the vehicle, which took off.
Anyone with information is asked to call the traffic division of the New Smyrna Beach Police Department at (386) 424-2220.