Crime & Safety
Hit-And-Run Driver Killed Man Walking In Pasco County, FL Troopers Say
A Wesley Chapel man walking along Boyette Road was hit and killed by an SUV that left the scene, the FL Highway Patrol said.
PASCO COUNTY, FL — Investigators are looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a man walking on Boyette Road on Sunday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
An SUV, possibly a Toyota 4Runner, was heading south on the road when it hit a 39-year-old Wesley Chapel man walking south along the road’s edge, just north of Vienna Woods Lane, around 7 p.m., troopers said.
The unknown driver left after the crash and the pedestrian died at the scene.
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The victim was found dead by those passing by the area on Monday morning, just before 7 a.m.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call *FHP (*347) or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.
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