Crime & Safety
Sarasota Woman Critically Injured in Hit-And-Run Crash
A 61-year-old pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Tuesday night along Gulf Gate Drive.
SARASOTA, FL — The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for help identifying a motorist who struck a woman on Gulf Gate Drive Tuesday night and then fled the scene.
According to the agency, Lynn Taylor, 61, was walking on Gulf Gate Drive around 7:43 p.m. Oct. 18 in the area of Mobile Gate Drive. At some point on her walk, a vehicle struck her and its driver took off, leaving the injured woman behind.
Troopers say Taylor was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
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No further details about the crash are available at this time.
Anyone with information about the crash, the vehicle involved or the driver is asked to call Trooper Christopher Chan at 941-492-5850.
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