Professional dancer arrested in hit-and-run after allegedly fleeing with a motorcycle clamped to her car

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. (TMX) – A professional ballroom dancer was arrested in Florida this week, three days after she allegedly struck a motorcyclist and drove away while the motorcycle was still tangled in the front of her vehicle, police said.

West Melbourne police said 24-year-old Rebekah Makenzie Tate of Palm Bay was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily harm and tampering with evidence.

The accident occurred early Sunday at the intersection of US 192 and Dairy Road in West Melbourne.

The impact caused the 34-year-old motorcyclist's helmet to be ripped off his head, police said.

Tate is said to have driven on and left the man “in the middle of the road with life-threatening injuries” without calling 911.

Tate was seen driving away from the crime scene and into a parking lot “to hide.”

According to police, Tate was observed trying to free the motorcycle from the position where it was tangled with her car, then she made a phone call and was picked up by a black sedan.

The motorcyclist was taken to hospital in critical condition.

Tate was taken to the Brevard County Jail.

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