A Florida man allegedly told police that he knew he hit "something" in a grocery store parking lot when he fatally struck an elderly woman and left the scene .

Darrell Briggs, 85, posted $50,000 bond after he was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving death. The alleged incident happened around 5 p.m. on Friday in the parking lot of a Publix grocery store in St. Petersburg, Florida. Briggs was behind the wheel when he allegedly struck 91-year-old Mary Broughton and continued driving out of the parking lot. Briggs then drove home to his apartment following the alleged crash, according to reporting by local Fox affiliate WTVT.

Broughton was taken to the hospital, where she died of her injuries.

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