{"id":434337,"date":"2026-10-22T03:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434337\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:36:36","slug":"hillsborough-deputy-released-from-hospital-after-patrol-vehicle-hit-on-i-75-hcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434337\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough deputy released from hospital after patrol vehicle hit on I-75: HCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hmr7bm8c2cyl474c.jpg\" alt=\"HCSO deputy recovering after patrol vehicle hit \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hmr7bm8c2cyl474c.jpg\" alt=\"HCSO deputy recovering after patrol vehicle hit \" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-4y0z5o5buvpk592k\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HCSO deputy recovering after patrol vehicle hit <\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">A Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office corporal was released from the hospital after her patrol vehicle was hit from behind while she was assisting at a crash scene on Interstate 75, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hillsborough County<\/a> Sheriff&#8217;s Office corporal was released from the hospital after her patrol vehicle was hit from behind while she was assisting at a crash scene on Interstate 75, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>   Interstate 75 crash <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Corporal Niomi Bruce was at the scene of a crash on I-75 when her patrol vehicle was hit from behind Tuesday night, according to HCSO.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/vlcsnap-2026-10-21-08h47m48s899.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f188271=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The collision heavily damaged Bruce&#8217;s patrol vehicle, and the sheriff\u2019s office said the incident could have been much worse.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister visited Bruce at Tampa General Hospital Wednesday afternoon. She was in high spirits and had been released from the hospital, the HCSO said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The sheriff\u2019s office said Bruce is recovering and looks forward to returning to her colleagues.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.<\/p>\n<p> Driver identity and possible charges <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Authorities have not released the identity of the driver who hit the patrol vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">It remains unknown if state troopers issued citations or filed criminal charges against the driver.<\/p>\n<p> Florida Move Over law reminder <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Following the crash, the sheriff&#8217;s office reminded drivers to slow down and move over when approaching emergency vehicles with flashing lights on the roadside.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/vlcsnap-2026-10-21-08h47m34s723.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f188271=\"\">Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Florida&#8217;s Move Over law requires drivers to move over for certain stopped vehicles displaying warning lights or, when they cannot safely move over, slow down as required by law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from statements provided by Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister and 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-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HCSO deputy recovering after patrol vehicle hit A Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office corporal was released from the hospital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-434337","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-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434337","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=434337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}