{"id":264387,"date":"2026-05-09T04:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264387\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:14:17","slug":"st-pete-man-arrested-in-seffner-crash-that-killed-teen-accused-of-leaving-scene-in-uber-fhp-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264387\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete man arrested in Seffner crash that killed teen, accused of leaving scene in Uber: FHP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

A St. Petersburg man, Christopher Everson, 27, was arrested after FHP says he left the scene of a deadly April 11 crash in Seffner and later took an Uber home with his 8-year-old son.<\/p>\n

Troopers say the three-vehicle crash on SR-574 left a 17-year-old dead and a 40-year-old Mulberry man seriously injured after a chain-reaction collision involving multiple vehicles.<\/p>\n

Everson faces felony and traffic charges, including leaving the scene of a crash involving death. The Mulberry man was cited and remains hospitalized.<\/p>\n

SEFFNER, Fla. – A St. Petersburg<\/a> man is facing multiple charges after Florida <\/a>Highway Patrol troopers say he left the scene of a deadly three-vehicle crash, then ordered an Uber to return home with his young child.<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

According to FHP, Christopher Everson, 32, was arrested at 11 a.m. on Thursday following an investigation into the crash that left a Seffner teen dead and a 40-year-old Mulberry man seriously injured on April 11<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Troopers say Everson walked away from the scene after the crash and bought an Uber ride home. Investigators say Everson was taken to his St. Petersburg home with his 8-year-old son.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Courtesy:<\/p>\n

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol<\/p>\n

Everson was later taken into custody and booked into the Hillsborough County<\/a> Jail.<\/p>\n

Everson faces the following charges:<\/p>\n

Leaving the scene of a crash involving death (felony)<\/p>\n

Failure to register a motor vehicle (misdemeanor)<\/p>\n

No proof of insurance (traffic infraction)<\/p>\n

Following too closely (traffic infraction)<\/p>\n

Driver not wearing seat belt (traffic infraction)<\/p>\n

Deadly crash details<\/p>\n

The charges stem from a deadly April 11 crash that happened shortly before 11 p.m. on State Road 574 near Chastain Road in Seffner, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n

Investigators say a Mulberry man was driving a Nissan sedan eastbound when his vehicle crossed into the westbound lane and hit a Volkswagen mid-size car head-on. The Volkswagen was driven by a 17-year-old.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Courtesy:<\/p>\n

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol<\/p>\n

After the initial crash, both vehicles came to rest in the roadway. Troopers say a Ford F-150 traveling westbound then hit the Volkswagen.<\/p>\n

FHP says both the driver of the Nissan and the teen driver of the Volkswagen were taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. The 17-year-old later died from injuries suffered in the crash.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Nissan, identified as Garry Baptiste, was cited for careless driving and remains hospitalized.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A St. Petersburg man, Christopher Everson, 27, was arrested after FHP says he left the scene…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[113534,7169,7375,1056,618,23288,202,204,203,199,201,200,8376],"class_list":["post-264387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-christopher-everson","tag-crash-involving","tag-deadly-crash","tag-fhp","tag-florida-highway-patrol","tag-seffner","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-traffic-infraction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264387","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=264387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}