PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run crash that left a New Port Richey man dead on Friday.
Troopers said the 49-year-old was hit by a pickup truck as he walked along a fog line on Bowman Road, west of U.S. 41, and landed in a grass shoulder.
The driver did not render aid and kept going.
Investigators suspect the incident occurred sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning. The man was pronounced dead at 8:56 a.m. Friday.
Neither the victim nor the driver have been identified.
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