{"id":118355,"date":"2026-01-14T21:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118355\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:58:05","slug":"accused-street-racer-arrested-months-after-seriously-injuring-pedestrian-in-downtown-st-pete-crash-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118355\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused street racer arrested months after seriously injuring pedestrian in downtown St. Pete crash: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Petersburg<\/a> police say a man is facing charges after he crashed into a pedestrian, leaving her seriously injured last fall.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, the crash happened downtown on Nov. 8, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">At around 1 a.m., Adam Rosema, 42, was driving a Ford Mustang southbound on 4th Street South, nearing the intersection at 2nd Avenue South, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/community-mourns-two-teens-after-tunnel-collapse-citrus-county-these-boys-were-old-school-old-souls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Citrus County community grieving after 2 teens die in tunnel collapse: \u2018They were just kids\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Police say a vehicle stopped to allow a 27-year-old woman to cross the intersection.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Rosema made an illegal lane change to pass the vehicle and accelerated, hitting the woman at the intersection, according to SPPD.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rosema-mug-ps-1.14.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Courtesy: St. Petersburg Police Department <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The woman suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Orlando Bayfront Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Rosema was booked on charges of reckless driving resulting in serious bodily injury and racing on a highway.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">SPPD did not say why it took months for Rosema to be arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this story was provided by the St. Petersburg Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. 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