{"id":229139,"date":"2026-04-13T00:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229139\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:57:07","slug":"suspect-hospitalized-after-fatal-hit-and-run-crash-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229139\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect hospitalized after fatal hit-and-run crash, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">KEYSVILLE, Fla. &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hillsborough County<\/a> Sheriff\u2019s Office has charged a man who fled the scene of a fatal crash in Keysville.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to HCSO, on April 11 around 7:45 p.m., deputies responded to reports of a crash on Old Hopewell Road near Henry George Road.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">When deputies arrived, they found two people who had been ejected from a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Giovanny Negron Talavera, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to deputies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The passenger of the motorcycle, an adult woman, was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Deputies learned that the driver of a Ford Explorer, Edwin Rapalo-Lorenzo, 27, was traveling eastbound on Old Hopewell Road when he crossed into the westbound lanes and struck the motorcycle head-on.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The driver of the Ford fled on foot prior to the deputies\u2019 arrival.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Deputies immediately began searching for Lorenzo. Deputies said aviation and K9 units responded and located Lorenzo.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Rapalo was transported to the hospital for his injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Rapalo-Lorenzo is facing the following charges:<\/p>\n<p> Leaving the scene of a crash involving a deathLeaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injuryNo valid driver&#8217;s license <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">HCSO said an immigration detainer will be placed on Rapalo-Lorenzo.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;This crash took a life and left another person fighting for theirs, and the driver chose to run instead of take responsibility,&#8221; said Sheriff Chad Chronister. &#8220;Our hearts are with the victims and their family as they face this loss, and we will ensure those responsible are held accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">HCSO said the investigation is still ongoing, any updates will be released when they become available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/traffic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KEYSVILLE, Fla. &#8211; The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office has charged a man who fled the scene of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,115,135,137,136,729,628],"class_list":["post-229139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-traffic","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229139","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=229139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}