DOWNTOWN TAMPA, FL – A 17-year-old boy was hospitalized after getting hit by a vehicle while walking on Cass Street Bridge in downtown Tampa Wednesday.
The teenager is recovering from serious injuries, according to ABC Action News. Tampa Police confirmed the Mercedes driver remained at the scene and exhibited no signs of impairment.
The motorist was driving at the speed limit, police added. No criminal charges have been formally announced.
TAMPA, FL – EMS crews rushed a 62-year-old woman to a local hospital following an I-75 rear-end collision near the Tampa Executive Airport Monday.
Florida Highway Patrol told ABC Action News that just before 11:30 a.m., a 55-year-old man driving a semi-truck had first rear-ended a Nissan Altima. The Nissan driver, the 62-year-old woman, then was pushed forward and struck another vehicle. Three other vehicles — a Suzuki Grand Vitara, a Toyota Camry, and a Honda Accord — rear-ended each other.
After all the vehicles collided, one gray car slammed into a guardrail, and one red car was left completely totaled.
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.
TAMPA, FL – At least one person was seriously injured in a crash that happened at the intersection of Busch Boulevard and 42nd Street Thursday.
Fox 13 News said the collision took place around 6:45 a.m. Tampa police closed both directions of Busch from 40th Street to 42nd Street for three hours to accommodate the scene clearance and investigation.
Officers launched an investigation. At this time, they have not revealed the events, listed the number of people and vehicles involved, or said if anyone was hospitalized.
TAMPA, FL – Two men lost their lives, and four people were sent to the hospital after a multi-vehicle wreck caused by a trash truck driver Monday.
The events started around 1 p.m., when the truck operator had rear-ended a minivan on North 50th Street, according to ABC Action News.
After the initial rear-end collision, the truck driver then struck a man in his 20s and then hit three more vehicles.
TAMPA, FL – A 48-year-old Ruskin man lost his life, and three passengers with him were hospitalized after an I-4 crash reported before 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
Florida Highway Patrol told ABC Action News that the collision happened after the Ruskin man, driving a Kia Sedona, struck an attenuator on the westbound lanes and then hit a Nissan Pathfinder. Once the vehicles collided, one Kia passenger, a 46-year-old woman, was ejected.
Upon arrival, troopers confirmed the Ruskin man’s death, and EMS crews rushed the three Kia passengers to a hospital. They are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.
TAMPA, FL – Two vehicles crashed into a barrier on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in some temporary lane closures Wednesday.
According to My SunCoast, the collision happened on the northbound lanes, and delays lasted for 25 minutes in the southbound directions and 30 minutes on the north side.
Officials have not disclosed the events leading to the wreck or said if anyone was injured. Our team of news writers will add updates once the latest developments come to light.
TAMPA, FL – A male pedestrian was left with critical, life-threatening injuries after getting hit by a vehicle in the Sulphur Springs district Tuesday, FOX 13 News said.
The crash occurred before 6:30 a.m. in the area of East Busch Boulevard and North Brooks Street, west of Rowlett Park. EMS crews rushed the man to a hospital, where he is recovering.
Tampa police are working to pinpoint the events that led to the crash. No citations or criminal charges were announced.
TAMPA, FL – A cyclist lost his life after he collided with a scooter rider on Dale Mabry Highway South, north of Hudson Lane Saturday, WTSP said.
Florida Highway Patrol were dispatched to the scene before 7:45 p.m. According to their preliminary investigation, the cyclist tried to merge into an outside lane from the right lane and struck the scooter operator.
Troopers declared the bicyclist dead at the scene. They later identified him as a 72-year-old man. FHP confirmed the scooter rider, a 41-year-old man, was unharmed.
TAMPA, FL – Homes aren’t the only places affected by Hurricane Milton. Tampa nonprofits, like the historic Dr. Walter L. The Smith Library library building, was also impacted by the devastating hurricane that claimed 32 lives in the U.S. alone in October.
FOX 13 News said the 117-year-old library and museum building, which was established in 2005 to honor the seventh Florida A&M University president known for civil rights activism, has an estimated $500,000 dollars in damages. Some of the damages included destroyed floors and a torn roof.
Walter Smith II, who is in charge of the museum’s operations and upkeep, plans to redo the floors and the roof and said it would take $50,000 to make that restoration goal a reality.
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