Driver who intentionally hit woman at Pembroke Park gas station arrested, police say
PEMBROKE PARK - A man who police say intentionally hit a woman at a Pembroke Park gas station and then sped off has been arrested.
Kristopher Roman, 29, is charged with attempted felony murder.
During a hearing Friday morning, a judge denied Roman bond and ordered that he have no contact with the woman, Maggie Alexandre.
On Sept. 12, Alexandre was headed home as a passenger in a car that had stopped at the Orion gas station on West Hallandale Beach Boulevard, just west of Interstate 95, around 2:30 a.m.
As she walked toward the gas station's store, a car barreled between the pumps and hit her. Pembroke Park police say it wasn't an accident. Surveillance video shows the driver of the car steered in her direction before she was hit, according to police.
Alexandre, who suffered multiple broken bones, cuts on her face and back injuries was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital.
Alexandre said she's grateful an arrest has been made.
"I'm not angry because I am still alive. I do feel like people on the road need to be careful, you know, because it could have been worse for me, I could not have been here. Something has got to happen, people have to stop doing this, some people lose their lives, it's not fair," she said.
Alexandre said she could be in a wheelchair for up to a year due to her injuries.
In addition to having no contact with Alexandre, Roman was ordered to undergo a mental health screening.
