NORTHEAST TAMPA, FL – A bicyclist suffered fatal injuries after getting hit by a vehicle on 50th Street Thursday, WFLA reports.
Tampa police said the cyclist died at the scene. Officers confirmed that the female driver remained at the crash site. It is unclear if she will face criminal charges.
Police are actively working to determine the events that led to the wreck.
ZELLWOOD, FL – A man in his 70s suffered fatal injuries as a result of a fiery plane crash that happened near Bob White Field Airstrip-X61 on Saturday.
Fire crews were able to extinguish the flames before it spread to the nearby businesses and homes, MyNews 13 reports.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office and The Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the details behind the wreck.
TAMPA, FL – Florida Highway Patrol confirmed that it was a 47-year-old man from Winter Haven who died after crashing his motorcycle into a Tesla Model 3 on I-275 Friday.
New details from FOX13News indicate that the motorcyclist had drifted off his own lanes on the interstate on-ramp, leading him to collide with the car operated by a 49-year-old woman from Lithia. After arriving, Tampa Fire Rescue EMS rushed the motorcyclist to a nearby hospital, where he passed away.
The car driver and her passenger, a 19-year-old woman, were spared from injuries.
TAMPA, FL – A driver succumbed to fatal wounds following a solo crash that occurred along St. Joseph’s Hospital Saturday, ABC Action News reports.
Tampa police responded to the scene, the 3000th block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, before 2:45 a.m., stating that emergency medical services personnel took the motorist to a nearby hospital. There, the victim passed away.
Due to the nature of this wreck, authorities shut down the westbound and eastbound lanes of Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., starting at North 30th Street and ending at North 34th Street, for the standard scene clearance and investigation period. During the closures, authorities redirected drivers to alternative routes.
TAMPA, FL – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arrested a local doctor on Wednesday for crashing his car into a man in a wheelchair and then fleeing the scene on Saturday, Oct. 12.
This incident occurred before 7:45 p.m. on East 124th Avenue in the Azure Estates, Fox13News reports. Upon arrival, first responders rushed the 53-year-old man (whose name was not released) in the wheelchair to a nearby hospital, where he passed away.
HCSO has identified the suspect as 62-year-old Dr. Gwyn Norman Crump, Jr. Deputies have not specified Crump’s charges at this time.
MANATEE COUNTY, FL – Two passengers and a pickup truck driver died when they crashed their vehicle into a pole, causing the truck to catch fire Wednesday.
This solo collision occurred after 3:15 a.m. at the I-275 South off-ramp leading to I-75 South, Fox 13 News reports. Florida Highway Patrol declared the occupants deceased at the scene and is working to determine the contributing factors behind this wreck.
Traffic was at a standstill temporarily as authorities pursued their investigation and as crews cleared crash debris.
TAMPA, FL – Tampa Police arrested a 22-year-old man after causing a two-vehicle collision on Dale Mabry Highway, which claimed one life and injured another Monday.
This collision happened before 10:30 a.m. along West South Avenue, Bay News 9 said. Police said the 22-year-old man — Andy Moya Robainia — was racing another driver, going at a high rate, when he crashed his 2011 BMW into a 2015 Nissan Versa.
Police said first responders took the Nissan occupants — a white man in his 70s, the driver, and passenger, a white woman in her early 60s — to a hospital. There, the woman passed away, and the man was set to receive treatment for unspecified wounds.
CLEARWATER, FL – An 80-year-old man was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he later died on Wednesday after getting struck by a driver who fled the scene Monday.
This collision happened around 2:45 p.m. on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard. ABC Action News said the pickup truck driver, 36-year-old Kris Paterson, was rushing to work when he ran over the scooter rider, later identified as Ernest Coluzzi.
Clearwater Police, who are in charge of this investigation, said that Paterson had allegedly driven less than half a mile when he stopped to remove the mobility scooter attached to either the front or back bumper of his truck. They arrested him and booked him into the Pinellas County Jail.
PINELLAS PARK, FL – Local police declared a 36-year-old man dead at the scene after he was hit by a driver who fled the scene near the Lakeside Terrace Apartments Sunday.
ABC Action News said Pinellas Police responded to the scene — the 4200th block of 62nd Avenue North — after 9 a.m. Department investigators believe the suspect was operating a gray Hyundai Accent (the model year being between 2018 and 2022), which is said to be without a passenger side mirror and has major damage on the passenger side door.
The victim was later identified as Michael Vilaysack from St. Petersburg.
TAMPA, FL – A 25-year-old man from Little Falls, New Jersey, who operated a Suzuki motorcycle lost his life after he was struck by a pickup truck driver Wednesday.
According to FOX 13 News, the events of this collision unfolded when the pickup truck driver, a 59-year-old man, tried to make a turn from northbound Dale Mabry Highway into a Walmart parking lot. He did not make it, as he collided with the motorcyclist traveling south.
The 59-year-old man and the passenger with him, a 52-year-old woman, also from Tampa, were uninjured. Florida Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist succumbed to fatal wounds at the scene.
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