Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Homeless Woman Killed On Tamiami Trail

The victim was struck on US 41between Panama Drive and 18th Street in Sarasota.

Updated 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16

Sarasota Police are investigating a pedestrian fatality on Tamiami Trail that happened late Wednesday night.

Police responded at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday for a pedestrian hit by a car on the 1800 block of North Tamiami Trail where they found Devon Marie McGann, 27, according to the . 

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McGann was homeless, according to police, and she was trying to cross the northbound lanes before she was hit.

The crash closed northbound Tamiami Trail for about three hours for the investigation, according to police.

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Anyone with additional information on the crash is asked to contact the Sarasota Police Department Traffic Unit, Officer Forrister, at 941-364-732

Police do not have any charges pending, Sarasota Police's Kevin Schafer told WWSB.

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