DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A woman called police saying she has a key piece of evidence that could help solve a hit and run accident that happened after the Daytona 500. But she won't give it up unless she gets paid.

When Robert Faulkner was hit by a vehicle along Tomoka Farms Road, everything went flying. His hat, cell phone, sunglasses went in different directions. Now a woman says she found the hat, but she's holding it for ransom.

Robert Faulkner was run down by a truck along Tomoka Farms Road on Sunday night after the Daytona 500. He was hit and lay unconscious for four hours as hundreds of cars and race goers passed by. No one stopped. No one called 911.

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Now, to add insult to injury, a woman called FHP and said she found the injured man's hat and she'll give it back for a price.

"She wants a reward for finding the hat," Atkinson said.

FHP would like to know when the woman found the hat and if she happened to see a man lying unconscious on the ground in a pool of his own blood.

However, the woman said she will give no information until she sees some money.

"I just can't believe somebody would ask for a reward," Atkinson said.

FHP said, right now, they can't charge the woman with any crime, but they would still like to talk to her.

As for the bounty on the hat, Atkinson and her brother agree, information on the hit and run driver is much more valuable.

"We both feel the same way, she can keep the hat," she said.

Faulkner is recovering at home. His brain is bruised and he has a lot of cuts and scrapes.

FHP believes it was a 2004 to 2006 Ford F-150 that hit him. If you have any information, please call the Florida Highway Patrol.