{"id":212576,"date":"2026-03-31T03:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212576\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:34:39","slug":"man-pushing-a-woman-in-a-wheelchair-killed-in-tampa-crash-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212576\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pushing a woman in a wheelchair killed in Tampa crash: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mon, March 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

The Brief<\/p>\n

A man assisting a woman in a wheelchair was struck and killed crossing North Florida Ave.<\/p>\n

They were not in a designated crosswalk.<\/p>\n

The woman is in critical condition at the hospital.<\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla – The Tampa Police Department is investigating a traffic collision that occurred late Sunday evening, claiming the life of one man and leaving a woman in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

Police say, shortly before 10 p.m. on Sunday, a man in his 60s was pushing a woman in a wheelchair across N. Florida Ave near E. Ohio Ave.<\/p>\n

According to the Tampa Police Department, as the pair crossed from east to west in a poorly lit section of the roadway, and outside a designated crosswalk, they were struck by a 2005 Volvo traveling northbound.<\/p>\n

Despite the efforts of first responders, the man died at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n

The woman, who was also taken to the hospital for medical care, remains listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

Police say the driver of the Volvo, remained at the scene and has been fully cooperative with the investigation.<\/p>\n

At this stage, investigators determined that speed or impairment were not factors in the collision.<\/p>\n

While the investigation remains active at this time, no citations have been issued, and no criminal charges are currently expected.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this article was gathered from a press release from the Tampa Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, March 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM UTC The Brief A man assisting a woman in a wheelchair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2680,135,137,136,3793,25994,86992],"class_list":{"0":"post-212576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-critical-condition","9":"tag-tampa","10":"tag-tampa-headlines","11":"tag-tampa-news","12":"tag-tampa-police-department","13":"tag-traffic-collision","14":"tag-wheelchair"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}