Crime & Safety
Trucker Arrested For Leaving Fatal I-75 Crash
A KY man towing a cattle trailer hit and killed a man who pulled over to help a truck driver who broke down on I-75, FL Highway Patrol said.
TAMPA, FL — A truck driver towing a cattle trailer was arrested Tuesday night in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash on Interstate 75, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
A tractor-trailer truck driven by a 25-year-old Gainesville man was heading north on I-75 just north of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard when it broke down around 11:30 p.m. and stopped on the outside shoulder of the highway.
A car driven by the truck driver’s brother, a 27-year-old Ocala man, stopped just ahead of the truck to help.
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The 23-year-old Kentucky man towing the cattle trailer, Noah Alexander Riley, was heading north on I-75 around the same time and drifted onto the shoulder. Riley's vehicle hit the driver’s side of the tractor-trailer, as well as the Ocala man and his car, FHP said.
The victim, who was not identified, died at the scene, state police said.
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After the crash, Riley left the scene and stopped at a gas station at State Road 56 and Cypress Ridge Boulevard, FHP said. A trooper found him changing a tire at the gas station.
Riley was arrested for leaving the scene of a crash involving a death and was booked into Hillsborough County Jail.
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