Forsyth County deputies seek black Ford F-150 in hit-and-run

Forsyth County deputies are asking residents and businesses to check home and storefront cameras for a black Ford F-150 tied to a hit-and-run reported June 17. The alert, issued as a be-on-the-lookout notice, puts the truck and its driver at the center of an active investigation.

The county sheriff’s office said the public can help close gaps that investigators still cannot fill on their own. That means looking for anything that shows a black Ford F-150 near the time of the crash, including security video, dashcam footage, images from parking lots, or a witness account that captures the truck’s direction of travel or a partial tag. Even a brief clip can help deputies match a vehicle to a route, a time frame, or a possible suspect.

The sheriff’s office has built much of its recent crime-fighting work around its Real Time Crime Center, where deputies and operators can monitor live feeds from security cameras, gunshot detection systems, automated license-plate alerts, social media, computer-aided dispatch systems and criminal databases. In cases like this, public video can give investigators the missing link they need to connect a vehicle to a reported collision and identify who was behind the wheel.

The Records Unit at the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office also provides incident and accident reports to the public and media at the Forsyth County Jail lobby in Cumming. Those reports can help piece together the basic facts of a crash, but the first break often comes from a neighbor’s camera, a business lot, or a driver who saw the truck before or after the collision.

Georgia officials treat leaving the scene of a crash as a serious offense. The Georgia Department of Driver Services says hit-and-run can lead to a driver’s-license suspension, and state crash guidance says drivers involved in a collision should stop immediately and move vehicles to a safe location when it is appropriate to do so. That framework is meant to keep roads safer and make it easier to account for everyone involved.

The larger traffic-safety picture is just as stark. The Governors Highway Safety Association says one in four pedestrian deaths in 2023 involved a hit-and-run crash, showing why early public alerts can matter when investigators do not yet know who left the scene. Forsyth County’s notice fits that pattern: one truck, one date, and a communitywide search for the facts that can identify a driver and hold them accountable.