ALACHUA COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Ryan Todd LeBoss, of Lake City, FL, has been identified as the suspect accused of killing his girlfriend, 48-year-old Eileen Bocca of Ocala, after ejecting her from his pickup truck and then running her over on Saturday evening.
LeBoss, 44, was operating a Ford F-350, when witnesses say, a woman was seen falling out of his truck and then run over by the vehicle’s rear tire.
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LeBoss then fled the scene, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Witnesses reported seeing the truck swerve onto the grass shoulder then noticed the passenger’s door was open and there was a woman clinging to it.
According to officials, Bocca was dragged for several hundred feet while clinging to the pickup’s door before she eventually fell and was run over by the truck’s rear tire.
Bocca was taken to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
Troopers said LeBoss fled after the crash without stopping to help his girlfriend, reports ClickOnOrlando.
Records show that about nine hours after the crash, LeBoss was arrested at his home in Columbia County.
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