Crime & Safety

23-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed On Interstate 75 In New Tampa

A 23-year-old Tampa man was killed ​Saturday after walking into the path of a car on Interstate 75.

A 23-year-old Tampa man was killed ​Saturday after walking into the path of a car on Interstate 75.
A 23-year-old Tampa man was killed ​Saturday after walking into the path of a car on Interstate 75. (FHP)

NEW TAMPA, FL — A 23-year-old Tampa man was killed Saturday after walking into the path of a car on Interstate 75.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 7 a.m. the 23-year-old man walking in front of a car driven by a 51-year-old Marco Island man north on Interstate 75 just south of Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

The pedestrian died at the scene.

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