Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Killed In Ulmerton Road Crash

A 23-year-old man is dead following a Wednesday morning crash on Ulmerton Road at 34th Street North.

CLEARWATER, FL — A 23-year-old man from Alachua is dead following a Wednesday morning crash on Ulmerton Road near 34th Street North.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Henry William Lipka IV, 23, of St. Petersburg, was driving a Honda Element west on Ulmterton around 6:45 a.m. April 5. At that time, Joshua Kyle Tileston was walking northbound across Ulmerton in the area east of 34th Street North.

Troopers say Lipka’s car struck Tileston, who died later at a local hospital.

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No charges were filed in the crash, a highway patrol reported.

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