86-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Run Over Multiple Times

TREASURE ISLAND — An 86-year-old man was killed Friday after being struck by a Dodge Ram in Treasure Island Friday night.

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, at 8:36 p.m., deputies assigned responded to R Bar located at 245 108th Ave. in Treasure Island to investigate a fatal hit-and-run vehicle versus pedestrian crash.

According to investigators, 86-year-old Thomas McKeown was struck and dragged by a black pickup truck in the parking lot of 245 108th Ave. The black pickup truck fled the scene before deputies arrived.

Investigators learned that a 2019 black Dodge Ram backed into a parking space in the parking lot. McKeown walked toward the truck and appeared to fall to the ground in front of the truck. Investigators say the truck then started to move and ran over McKeown, dragging him in the parking lot.

The truck then reversed and moved forward multiple times, running over the man each time before leaving the scene.

Investigators later learned that Thomas McKeown's son, 61-year-old Mark McKeown of Highland, Michigan, was operating the pickup truck that struck Thomas. Mark McKeown was taken into custody and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death.

Thomas McKeown was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Impairment appears to be a factor in the crash.