PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey authorities say a driver fled the scene of an accident with a fire hydrant stuck to his car and then tossed it in the trash. 
 
 Parsippany police say the motorist drove off after his car struck the hydrant and a mailbox Tuesday. Police followed a trail of water from the scene to a township home, where they found the car and the hydrant. The driver was found in a nearby diner. 
 
 Police say 27-year-old township resident Domingo Moreno has been charged with criminal mischief, hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence, and was turned over to federal immigration officials. It wasn't known Saturday if he's retained an attorney. 
 
 Police are investigating the cause and other details of the crash. ||||| PARSIPPANY -- Police say a fluid trail and a broken yellow fire hydrant led them to the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash on Edwards Road on Tuesday. 
 
 Domingo Moreno, 27, of Parsippany, is facing criminal mischief, tampering with evidence, and other charges after he allegedly crashed a 1999 Nissan Quest into a mailbox and a fire hydrant on Edwards Road at about 1 a.m. and fled the scene, police said in a news release. 
 
 Officer John Garza responded to the scene to investigate the reported property damage and determined a hit-and-run crash had occurred. The fire hydrant was also missing, police said. 
 
 Garza then followed a fluid trail from the crash site to the a residence on Norman Avenue where he found Moreno's vehicle and a yellow fire hydrant lying among the garbage cans, police said. 
 
 Moreno was located at a nearby diner and placed under arrest. 
 
 Besides criminal mischief and tampering with evidence, he was also charged with hindering apprehension, failure to report an accident, unlicensed driver, careless driving, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane. 
 
 Moreno was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility pending a court appearance. 
 
 Justin Zaremba may be reached at jzaremba@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JustinZarembaNJ. Find NJ.com on Facebook. ||||| CLOSE FHP and a good Samaritan describe the accident that took the life of a Viera man on his 89th birthday. Video by Tim Shortt. Posted 5/10/17. 
 
 Buy Photo An 80-year-old Melbourne man died after crashing his car into a fire hydrant Wednesday morning. (Photo: Tim Shortt / FLORIDA TODAY)Buy Photo 
 
 A 89-year-old Melbourne man is dead after apparently striking a hydrant in a residential area in Viera and getting washed under his vehicle and into a hole flooded by the pressurized water flow, authorities reported. He was identified as Robert Dreyer, Florida Highway Patrol officials reported. 
 
 Buy Photo An 89 year old Viera man died after crashing into a fire hydrant on Tavistock Drive in Viera. (Photo: TIM SHORTT/ FLORIDA TODAY) 
 
 Dreyer was pulled away from the rushing waters by several witnesses, just moments after the 10:10 a.m. Wednesday accident on Tavistock Drive near the intersection of Chelford Way in the Gatwick Manor subdivision. Brevard County Fire Rescue crews arrived at the scene. 
 
 It was later determined that Dreyer first struck the hydrant with his 2016 Mercedes, causing it to spew water, then stepped out of his vehicle. 
 
 "The water started erupting from the fire hydrant. As a result there was a divot in the space where the fire hydrant used to be and right adjacent to his driver's door, he fell into that divot" said Channing Taylor with the Florida Highway Patrol. Water began shooting several feet into the air. 
 
 Dreyer was then knocked beneath his Mercedes by the rush of the water from the damaged hydrant. Witnesses pulled the man out of the watery pit moments later. Water from the hydrant was shooting several feet into the air, witnesses reported. 
 
 Dreyer was then taken to Viera Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He also may have had a medical condition just moments before or after the hydrant crash, authorities reported. 
 
 Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the incident. 
 
 Contact Gallop at 321-242-3642, jdgallop@floridatoday.com and Twitter at @JDGallop 
 
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– New Jersey authorities say a driver fled the scene of an accident with a fire hydrant stuck to his car and then tossed it in the trash. Parsippany police say the motorist drove off after his car struck the hydrant and a mailbox Tuesday. Police followed a trail of water from the scene to a township home, where they found the car and the hydrant. The driver was found in a nearby diner, reports NJ.com. Police say 27-year-old township resident Domingo Moreno has been charged with criminal mischief, hindering apprehension, and tampering with evidence, and was turned over to federal immigration officials, reports the AP. It wasn't known Saturday if he's retained an attorney. Police are investigating the cause and other details of the crash.