PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – A 22-year-old Spring Hill Man has died overnight after Troopers say he was lying in the roadway when he was struck by a pickup truck.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck was traveling eastbound on Lakeview Drive in New Port Richey, near Timber Wolf Court, where a pedestrian was lying in the roadway at around 2:27 a.m. Monday.
Troopers say the pickup truck collided with the pedestrian who suffered fatal injuries at the scene of the crash.
Following the collision, the pickup truck continued to the shoulder and struck a mailbox before coming to a stop.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 24-year-old New Port Richey Man, and his passenger a 22-year-old Tarpon Springs woman, were uninjured in the crash.
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