{"id":392061,"date":"2026-09-06T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392061\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:42:11","slug":"police-searching-for-driver-after-truck-hits-2-pedestrians-in-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392061\/","title":{"rendered":"Police searching for driver after truck hits 2 pedestrians in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 Police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that struck two pedestrians and left the scene Friday night in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 10:55 p.m. at 40th Avenue North and 49th Street North, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said a white pickup truck was traveling south on 49th Street North and turning left onto 40th Avenue North when it struck two pedestrians who were crossing the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver continued eastbound on 40th Avenue North without stopping.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle is described as a white single-cab pickup truck with an extended bed. Investigators believe it is either a Ford F-150 or a Ram pickup truck and said it should have front-end damage.<\/p>\n<p>The victims, a 19-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man, were taken to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Police said both pedestrians were in stable condition as of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the driver or the vehicle is asked to contact the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788691331_305_JULIE.SALOMONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pasco County physician reunites with medical team after widowmaker heart attack<\/p>\n<p>A Pasco County internal medicine physician was reunited Tuesday with the medical team who saved her life after she suffered a widowmaker heart attack nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Physician suffers heart attack at age 44<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 Police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that struck two pedestrians&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[156612,116082,156613,596,107032,202,204,203,199,201,154731,200,55612,5910,3670,208],"class_list":["post-392061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-40th-avenue-north","tag-49th-street-north","tag-hit-and-run-investigation","tag-pinellas-county","tag-pinellas-news","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-hit-and-run","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-st-petersburg-police-department","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392061","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=392061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}