Pedestrian fatally struck by hit-and-run driver, then second vehicle at U.S. 301 and I-75 in Ellenton, Florida
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash on US 301 in Ellenton, FHP says. Driver wanted.
The crash happened at 12:34 a.m. on Friday.
Two people were traveling west on U.S. 301 and hit a pedestrian who was trying to walk across the intersection of U.S. 301 and Interstate 75.
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