{"id":288359,"date":"2026-05-29T01:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288359\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:39:29","slug":"driver-wanted-after-19-year-old-bicyclist-dies-following-tampa-hit-and-run-tpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288359\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver wanted after 19-year-old bicyclist dies following Tampa hit-and-run: TPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa police said they are looking for the driver behind a hit-and-run crash that turned fatal.<\/p>\n

The incident happened on the evening of May 25 near the intersection of West Waters Avenue and North Albany Avenue.<\/p>\n

Tampa Police Department (TPD) said just after 10 p.m. on Monday, a 19-year-old female bicyclist was riding westbound on West Waters Avenue on the far-right side of the road when she was struck by a vehicle going westbound in the far-right lane. <\/p>\n

Police said the driver failed to stop and help, leaving the woman injured.<\/p>\n

The bicyclist was hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The following day, the bicyclist died from the injuries she suffered in the crash. <\/p>\n

Detectives have gathered and identified several car parts from the scene that come from a 2013-2016 model year Toyota RAV4, according to TPD.<\/p>\n

Police urge anyone with information to call the TPD at 813-231-6130 and refer to report 26-309099. They also encourage business owners and residents in the area to check for surveillance footage at or near the incident and share any footage that can help with the case. <\/p>\n

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Bradenton teen who had leg amputated graduates from middle school<\/p>\n

Jasmine Ramirez had her leg amputated in December after a life-threatening infection.<\/p>\n

Bradenton teen who had leg amputated graduates from middle school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa police said they are looking for the driver behind a hit-and-run crash that turned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116927,276,122046,135,5910,108336,3670,137,136,9822,122047,122048,208],"class_list":["post-288359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fatal-hit-and-run","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-north-albany-avenue","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-28-news","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police","tag-west-waters-avenue","tag-west-waters-avenue-and-north-albany-avenue","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288359","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=288359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}