Woman, 26, Dies After Tampa Pedestrian Crash

TAMPA, FL — A 26-year-old Tampa woman is dead following a Tuesday afternoon crash on Nebraska Avenue.

According to the Tampa Police Department, Sara Jean Hufford was crossing Nebraska Avenue around 4:15 p.m. Sept. 26 when she was hit by a truck. Witnesses told police, the truck, driven by Rodney Dewayne Davis, 50, of Brandon was heading east on Hillsborough Avenue before the crash. (For more local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Tampa Patch. Click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Davis turned right to head south on Nebraska Avenue when Hufford walked into the truck, an email from the police department said. Hufford was critically injured in the crash and died later from her injuries.

No charges have been announced in the crash. Further information is not yet available.

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