MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Police say that a Middletown teen intentionally struck a Florida man with his car in Middletown Thursday morning, and then fled the scene.

The teen, 19, and the man, 62, know each other, Middletown police said, and the teen has since been arrested. The man was not seriously injured, but he was taken to Riverview.

It happened at 9:27 a.m. today, April 25: Middletown police responded to the area of 300 Harmony Road, near the intersection of Kearney Drive, for a report of a male pedestrian that was struck by a motor vehicle. Police say that Christopher Lamalfa, 19, of Middletown, intentionally struck the 62-year-old man with his car and then drove from the scene.