Fiery Hit-And-Run Leads To Largo Man’s Arrest

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A 23-year-old Largo man was arrested early Saturday morning after Florida Highway Patrol troopers say he left his flaming BMW behind after a crash on 62nd Avenue North.

According to troopers, Nathaniel Combs, 23, was heading east on 62nd Avenue North around 12:30 a.m. March 11 “at a high rate of speed.” Combs was unable to negotiate a curve at Westchester Boulevard in his 2015 320I, a highway patrol report said.

The BMW rotated, went onto the road’s northeast shoulder and hit a fence. The car’s gas tank was punctured in the crash, which caused the BMW to erupt into flames, the report said.

Combs and his passenger, the agency said, bailed out of the car and ran from the scene. Troopers caught up with them a short time later.

Combs faces DUI with property damage, careless driving and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, the report said.

No injuries were reported in the crash.

Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol