Teen hit by car in Seminole Heights
(Perhaps another reason for 2-waying Florida Ave????)
TAMPA – Tampa police are investigating after a teen was hit by a car on her way to school on Friday, Jan. 5, 2007.
The accident happened at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Osborne Avenue in Tampa. Police say a 15-year-old girl was hit while crossing the street, and she has been taken to St. Joseph's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. They say the girl is a sophomore at Hillsborough High School.
The driver of the car was an elderly man who police say stayed at the scene.
No other details were immediately available.
3 comments:
This is tragic, but any evening take a drive up Florida from downtown until around Home Depot, right about dusk(Nebraska might be just as bad.) There's always at leastt a handful of people crossing midblock. Up near USF on both Fletcher and Fowler, it's even worse, like a nightmarish game of Frogger. As amarathonguy mentioned in another post, even crossing in crosswalks is pretty scary, but given the number of people that cross wherever they choose, it's a wonder more people aren't hurt.
There is a proper crosswalk there -- which many kids use to get to Memorial Middle and Hillsborough High.
As someone who jogs down and across Florida Ave., I would suggest that adreneline junkies can save their cash at Busch Gardens and just join me for a run.
My understanding was the child was not using the crosswalk unfortunately.
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