{"id":88649,"date":"2025-12-18T23:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88649\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:59:33","slug":"st-petersburg-driver-captured-in-plant-city-after-fatal-hit-and-run-on-gandy-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/88649\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg Driver Captured In Plant City After Fatal Hit-And-Run On Gandy Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DELUCCHIGUY-.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DELUCCHIGUY-.jpeg\" alt=\"John Guy Delucchi\" class=\"wp-image-298208\" title=\"St. Petersburg Driver Captured In Plant City After Fatal Hit-And-Run On Gandy Boulevard 1\"  \/><\/a>John Guy Delucchi (Previous Booking Photo, HCSO)<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2013 A rush-hour commute turned deadly on Gandy Boulevard Wednesday evening,\u00a0sparking an investigation that stretched from St.\u00a0Petersburg to Plant City.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP),\u00a0the incident occurred just before 5 p.m.\u00a0near the 10300 block of Gandy Boulevard.\u00a0Troopers say a 66-year-old pedestrian was attempting to cross the highway when he walked into the westbound lanes and was struck by a Ford Crown Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>The collision left the pedestrian,\u00a0a St.\u00a0Petersburg resident,\u00a0with critical injuries.\u00a0He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampafp.com\/map-to-a-murderer-police-trace-steps-of-brown-university-shooter-amid-footage-gaps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Map To A Murderer? Police Trace Steps Of Brown University Shooter Amid Footage Gaps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators allege that the driver of the Crown Victoria did not stop to render aid or wait for authorities.\u00a0Instead,\u00a0the vehicle fled the scene,\u00a0initiating a search by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers eventually tracked the vehicle and the suspect to Plant City later that evening.\u00a0The driver,\u00a0identified as 58-year-old John Guy Delucchi of St.\u00a0Petersburg,\u00a0was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Delucchi has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.<\/p>\n<p>Please make a small\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=KWYEB8X3JQ2MY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">donation to the Tampa Free Press to help sustain independent journalism<\/a>. Your contribution enables us to continue delivering high-quality, local, and national news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up:\u00a0Subscribe to our free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tampafp.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for a curated selection of top stories delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Guy Delucchi (Previous Booking Photo, HCSO) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2013 A rush-hour commute turned deadly on Gandy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-88649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88649","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=88649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}