Articles Tagged with Pasco County

HOLIDAY, FL – According to WTSP, authorities arrested a man for causing a wreck that killed an 8-month-old child on US 19 near Flora Avenue on Saturday.

Antonio Bravo was driving a Chevrolet Silverado south on US 19 when he slammed into the back of an Audi sedan, which was stopped for traffic, around 1:36 a.m.

First responders transported the 8-month-old child to an area hospital, where he died. He was in a car seat at the time of the crash. The boy’s father, a 27-year-old man, was driving the Audi. It is unclear if he was hurt in the collision.

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – A driver of a Ford Escape caused a crash when he failed to stop at a New Port Richey junction before fleeing the scene Sunday. 

This collision was reported before 12:30 p.m. at the De Cubellis Road & Ridge Road intersection, along the Village Oaks Shopping Center, ABC Action News revealed. 

The Ford truck driver continued traveling north on De Cubellis after hitting the Nissan Altima. The Nissan motorist, a 66-year-old man, escaped sustained wounds. The suspect, who was described as having a cast on his left arm and a cobra tattoo on his right leg, then failed to negotiate a curve. As a result, his car rolled over several times, and he fled the scene on foot after it came to rest.