{"id":444846,"date":"2026-11-02T05:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444846\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T05:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:52:44","slug":"tampa-police-department-searching-for-fatal-hit-and-run-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444846\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Police Department searching for fatal hit-and-run driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, FLA. \u2014 Tampa police are searching for a driver who fled the scene of a deadly crash Saturday night after first fleeing from a traffic stop, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>At about 11:15 p.m. on Oct. 31, officers attempted to stop the driver of a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche near 13th Street and 28th Avenue. The driver fled, and officers did not pursue the vehicle, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver continued east on East 28th Avenue and struck two unoccupied vehicles before running a stop sign and crashing into a 2019 Nissan Pathfinder. The impact sent the Pathfinder into a pole.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver of the Avalanche got out of the vehicle after the crash and ran from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Three adults were inside the Pathfinder. Two suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and were taken to a hospital, where they were last listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>A passenger in the rear seat died from their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are following leads to identify the driver and are asking for the public\u2019s help.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information that could lead to an arrest is asked to call 813-213-6130<br \/>and reference case No. 26-641095.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793598764_773_KATIE.LAGRONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida brain tumor patient says nearly $1 million in medical bills are now covered after insurance denial<\/p>\n<p>Five months after an insurance fight over brain surgery, Broqsten Bunt says he is medically cleared and has a zero balance on nearly $1 million in billed care.<\/p>\n<p>Brain surgery patients gets billed paid for after insurance denial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FLA. \u2014 Tampa police are searching for a driver who fled the scene of a deadly crash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[276,135,5910,108336,3670,137,136,208],"class_list":["post-444846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-28-news","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444846","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=444846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}