A pedestrian was hit and killed Tuesday evening while crossing Hillsborough Avenue. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. east of Orient Road. Troopers said the 31-year-old man from Jacksonville walked into the path of a Chevy pickup truck and was hit. The pedestrian died at the scene. According to…
Two females riding a motor scooter were killed in a crash Saturday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. It happened at about 4:30 p.m. at Florida Avenue and Garland Court. Troopers said two people were on a motor scooter traveling westbound on Garland Court when it tried to turn…
A 17-year-old Polk County high school student is recovering after being left for dead in a ditch during a hit-and-run accident. Investigators say the teen was walking along Swindell Road sometime after 6 a.m. Tuesday when she was struck from behind and thrown into a water-filled ditch. She may have…
Another bill has been filed for the 2019 legislative session that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for texting or talking on hand-held cell phones while driving. Rep. Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, filed a measure (HB 107) on Monday that would prohibit drivers from talking on cell phones that…
Local leaders, and lawmakers, will meet on Monday afternoon in Tampa to announce new legislation aimed at making roads safer. The proposed legislation was written in response to a Tampa family’s pleas to crackdown on distracted driving. On September 25, 2016, a family was stopped in a traffic…
A 49-year-old Tampa Bay area woman has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident following a wrong-way crash at Gunn Highway and Isbell Lane just before 9 p.m. Monday. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the woman was driving a Jeep Wrangler…
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A 22-year-old man has been charged in a hit-and-run Tuesday morning that left a pedestrian critically injured. The man was booked into the Pinellas County jail and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury and careless driving. Police said the 59-year-old woman was crossing Drew…
Multiple people were hit and injured Thursday morning in Tampa, including students at a bus stop, according to police. The crash occurred at E. Bougainvillea Avenue and Marvy Avenue around 8 a.m. Witnesses stated the vehicle was speeding on Bougainvillea Ave. before hitting the pedestrians on the south side of…
A driver was killed and a passenger injured in an early Friday crash in Hillsborough County. It happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Falkenburg Road. A Sheriff’s Office spokesman said a 30-year-old Lakeland resident was driving northbound and failed to noticed that Falkenburg Road ends at Interstate 4. The vehicle…