Crime & Safety
Man’s Body Found In Car Weeks After I-75 Crash: FL Highway Patrol
A man was found dead in a car on the shoulder of Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County Monday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — Work crew members on Interstate 275 found a body in a crashed convertible Mazda Miata Monday around 2:15 p.m., according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The crash, which appears to have happened sometime in the past several weeks, was found along the west shoulder at mile marker 252, near U.S. 301.
The exact date and time of the crash isn’t known.
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The vehicle’s only occupant, an unidentified man, suffered fatal injuries at the scene of the crash, FHP said.
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