{"id":287920,"date":"2026-05-28T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287920\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:13:10","slug":"tampa-police-searching-for-hit-and-run-driver-who-killed-19-year-old-bicyclist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287920\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa police searching for hit-and-run driver who killed 19-year-old bicyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators have identified several car parts from the crash site that match a 2013-2016 model year Toyota Rav4.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa police are looking for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that left a 19-year-old bicyclist dead.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said a woman was riding her bike around 10 p.m. Monday in the area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/W+Waters+Ave+%2526+N+Albany+Ave,+Tampa,+FL+33604\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88c2c135dc9da037:0x754f598dc62f5bfc?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:242&amp;ictx=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">West Waters Avenue and North Albany Avenue<\/a> when she was hit by a vehicle behind her.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the vehicle did not stop for help and drove away from the crash, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but would die from her injuries one day later.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have identified several car parts from the crash site that match a 2013-2016 model year Toyota Rav4.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are continuing to gather evidence and are asking the community for any information on this crash.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who may have been in the area at the time of the crash and may have seen something is asked to call the Tampa Police Department at 813-231-6130 and refer to report 26-309099.<\/p>\n<p>Police are also encouraging local business owners and residents to check any surveillance video they may have at or around the time of the crash to see if they have any video that could be useful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investigators have identified several car parts from the crash site that match a 2013-2016 model year Toyota Rav4.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-287920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287920","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=287920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}