Fatal hit-and-run investigation closes Lakeshore Drive in Eustis

Eustis, Inside Scoop | By Marilyn M. Aciego | February 20, 2026 | Eustis, Fatality, Florida, Hit and Run | 1 minute of reading

Update: Police release identity of woman killed in Eustis hit-and-run – Inside Lake

EUSTIS, Fla. — A fatal hit-and-run has shut down a popular Eustis roadway, according to Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri.

Lakeshore Drive is closed between Eustis Road and Woodward Avenue as authorities investigate after a pedestrian was found deceased Friday morning, Capri told Inside Lake.

This is a developing story.

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Marilyn M. Aciego

Publisher Marilyn M. Aciego was born and raised in Lake County and is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She began her journalism career at LSSC and in 2023 she was honored with LSSC’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award. She began working at the Daily Commercial while she was in college and continued her career there as a reporter after she graduated. In her 20+ year-career, she covered many of the area’s top stories including the disappearance of Trenton Duckett and the death of beloved Sheriff Chris Daniels. She has landed many exclusive interviews and was the first to break two of the biggest stories of 2024- the death of Jamaria Sessions and the murder of a Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy and the attempted murder of two other deputies. In addition to Inside Lake, Marilyn is the single mom of a teenaged son and the Florida Bureau Chief for an international media organization.

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