A Good Samaritan died Sunday morning when he was struck while trying to help a man who had been injured in a previous traffic crash on I-75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The 59-year-old man died at the scene. A 31-year-old woman was one of the drivers taken to…
A 51-year-old Largo man was killed in an early Thursday morning motorcycle crash in Hillsborough County. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Thursday at southbound Interstate 275 and Lois Avenue. The Florida Highway Patrol said the man lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a guardrail. He was…
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened in January. The 36-year-old is charged with leaving the scene of a crash without rendering aid and driving with a suspended license, among other charges. The crash happened January 17 off Charlie Taylor Road near…
A 66-year-old motorcyclist in Westchase has died after a van struck him Saturday morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. According to deputies, the motorcyclist was driving a 2007 FJR motorcycle on southbound Race Track Road at the intersection of Countryway Boulevard. The man reportedly stopped behind a silver…
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a vehicle leaving the roadway in the Feather Sound area and striking two pedestrians on the adjacent sidewalk, killing one of them, according to reports. Investigators believe the crash occurred around 5:02 p.m. The driver of the vehicle reportedly failed to…
A passenger in a taxi was killed and several others were hurt in a chain-reaction crash Sunday afternoon in which alcohol played a factor, according to St. Petersburg Police. The crash happened at 38th Avenue N and 49th Street N and closed parts of the intersection for hours. A 2009…
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…
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…