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Seminole 18-year-old hospitalized in hit-and-run

 
Published April 27, 2015

SEMINOLE — Florida Highway Patrol troopers are looking for a car that drove onto a sidewalk, struck an 18-year-old and then drove away early Thursday morning.

Thomas King of Seminole was walking on the northbound sidewalk of Seminole Boulevard just north of 102nd Avenue N about 1:35 a.m. when a car drove over the curb and hit him, then fled, officials said.

King suffered serious injuries and was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, according to the FHP. His current condition was not disclosed.

The vehicle was described as a late-model, red Toyota or Hyundai. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the FHP at (813) 631-4020 or call Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477).