Search On For Hit-And-Run Driver

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — The Florida Highway Patrol is asking for help identifying a motorist involved in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. 41 near Palm River Road Sunday morning.

According to troopers, a white passenger car was heading south on U.S. 41 in the outside lane around 10:40 a.m. April 9. That vehicle was attempting to overtake two vehicles ahead of it that were slowing for traffic, a report said.

The driver of the white car failed to slow or stop and struck the rear of a Toyota Tundra driven by Richard James Crain, 54, of Tampa, the patrol said. Crain’s Tundra was propelled into the back of a Chrysler Pacific driven by Selena Oglesby, 40, of Riverview.

After the crash, the driver of the white car took off heading west on Palm River Road.

Crain suffered minor injuries in the crash, but was not taken to a hospital. Oglesby’s injuries were also described as minor, but troopers say she was taken to a local hospital to be checked out.

Anyone with information about the crash or the driver of the white car is asked to call the highway patrol at 813-558-1800.

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Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol