Crime & Safety

Detectives Seeking Driver In Fatal Hit-And-Run Hillsborough Crash

The unidentified vehicle is teal green in color and missing its passenger mirror.

TAMPA, FL - Hillsborough sheriff’s detectives are searching for a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian, according to a sheriff’s department media release.

The victim was identified as Mostafa Mohammed Abdalla, 19, of 7123 Kingsbury Court, deputies said. The unidentified vehicle is teal green in color and missing its passenger mirror. The vehicle struck and killed Abdalla while he was walking southbound on Orient Road just north of Hanna Avenue.

The fatal crash occurred sometime between 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 and 2:38 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 247-8200 or anyone with any information regarding the identity and whereabouts of this suspect and who wants to be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477), report anonymously online at www.crimestopperstb.com or send a mobile tip using our P3 Tips Mobile application, which is a free download for iPhones, iPads and Droids.


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